Posted on 02/21/2016 8:22:29 AM PST by MLL
Ben Carson finished dead last in South Carolina last night, as the polls predicted that he would. He did not finish last due to lack of effort, or because he was focusing on some other state where he had a better chance. By Carson's own admission, South Carolina was a state where he should have done well, and where the large evangelical population should have given him a decent chance to post a good showing.
Instead, he finished behind John Kasich, a guy who spent significant portions of the last week campaigning in far flung places like Michigan. He finished well behind another candidate (Jeb Bush) who desperately needed to do well in South Carolina, and who quit the race after failing to do so.
After being spanked by the voters of South Carolina, Ben Carson took the stage and excused his loss by saying that it was entirely possible that Donald Trump would get all the delegates from South Carolina, so really he did just as well as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Therefore, he was no bigger a loser than any of the rest of them, and he would continue to press on.
While Carson's point about delegate allocation may or may not turn out to be true, his point about the viability of his campaign, in light of the message sent by South Carolina voters, is not. No person in Carson's position who is even of average intelligence would conclude that the South Carolina results mean that he has as good a chance going forward as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. And Ben Carson is a person of above average intelligence, as his supporters repeatedly claim.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
No argument from me.
He truly has no hope of winning.
“so really he did just as well as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.”
True. Cruz says he’s tied for second, so is Carson. LOL!!
I really like Ben Carson. Whoever talked him into running for president did him absolutely no favors.
Im not a carson supporter but i do think hes a decent person.
Red state has sunken to low levels with its attacks on trump and carson
He is staying in to hurt Cruz. Oddly, he is helping Trump who called him a kid touched. This should make FReepers happy
he is just trying in a passive aggressive way to prove America hates blacks.
There i said it!
I have no issue with Gentle Ben but dude! Go Home
Red State wants Carson votes for Ted. Carson’s motives have little to do with Red State’s attacks.
btw, Red State wants Cruz because they’re obsessed with their hatred for Trump.
Deranged BS written by a nobody
Drivelous balderdash
Me too. I didn't get any delegates either.
They want him out hoping his votes go to Rubio
He would make a good Surgeon General or even Secretary of Health in charge of dismantling Obamacare, but he needed to drop out yesterday.
I like Doc Carson as well. Enjoy his speeches and his composure during debates. That being said....
True. Cruz says he is tied for second, so is Carson. LOL!!
It’s time to cull the herd
Two points; you made me laugh. They all need to remain in the race to give Trump sparring practice for Hillary (who is essentially running to continue the Obama administration).
Wow - a busy day for Leon and Ted State.
The butthurt really has those keyboards humming!
One wonders why Red State is so upset.
Are they funding Carson?
If not, Carson’s campaign decisions are between him and his supporters.
They’re all adults doing what they want.
Poor Red State, searching for relevancy in all the wrong places.
Who knows? But I will say this, one of the assertions made in the article is that Carson's fundraising is "borderline unethical" and there is a link. I decided to follow that to see what was shady about it. It turns out that he does most of his fundraising through direct mail. That is costly and so he spends half of what he takes in covering his fundraising. Bad management and inefficient but borderline unethical? No. The rest of what is stated is thus suspect of being subject to the same penchant for hyperbole.
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