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After A Shake Up, Ben Carson Sees Signs of Enthusiasm in Iowa
nbc ^ | Jan 7 2016, 1:19 pm ET | Jane C. Timm

Posted on 01/10/2016 11:33:34 PM PST by Red Steel

PELLA, Iowa - Amid tanking poll numbers and a campaign shake-up, supporters swarmed three Ben Carson events on an icy Wednesday in Iowa, suggesting that the retired-pediatric-neurosurgeon-turned-Republican-presidential-candidate may still have what it takes to do well in the state's kingmaker caucuses.

More than 150 supporters showed up in Panora, a small town of just 1,100, and so many supporters gathered at a small Winterset cafe that Carson gave a second, shorter town hall for those who couldn't fit in the room for the scheduled event. More than 350 attended an event in Pella on Wednesday evening, filling dozens of seats and standing in the aisles to hear the candidate speak.

"I do think [I'm regaining momentum,]" Carson told MSNBC after the final event. "I feel very good about what's happening, I think the timing is going to be just perfect.

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In Winterset, attendees repeatedly asked Carson how he would handle the threat of terrorism.

Carson told voters that he wanted to close the northern and southern borders to keep out terrorists he said were entering the country illegally. He claimed that Iraqis and Syrians were flooding into the country on the southern border, and that needed to be stopped with fences and additional surveillance.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2016election; amnesty; armstrongwilliams; barrybennett; bencarson; carson; dougwatts; election2016; iowa; lisacoen

1 posted on 01/10/2016 11:33:34 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

I read that as signs of “Euthanasia” at first. Maybe a more appropriate title.


2 posted on 01/10/2016 11:34:32 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Red Steel

I still like Ben Carson’s personality just a whole lot. I could be very excited about him if I agreed with more of his positions.


3 posted on 01/11/2016 12:12:47 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Red Steel; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Red Steel. Iowa's caucus voters often surprise, which is one reason they are usually off the map and a sideshow by the time of the nominating convention.

4 posted on 01/11/2016 2:21:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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5 posted on 01/11/2016 2:27:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

You and I need coffee .....I read it the same way : )


6 posted on 01/11/2016 3:32:43 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: Guenevere

lol


7 posted on 01/11/2016 4:01:34 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

“I still like Ben Carson’s personality just a whole lot.”

Barely awake?


8 posted on 01/11/2016 5:01:47 AM PST by Pravious
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To: Red Steel

I think Ben is very nice guy whose campaign is over!!!


9 posted on 01/11/2016 5:27:31 AM PST by ontap
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To: Red Steel

The Iowa caucus is so crazy it would not shock me if Carson won. The poll leaders almost never win.


10 posted on 01/11/2016 6:08:51 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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