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Ben Carson Pressured to Run for Rubio's Senate Seat
Miami New Times ^ | March 3, 2016 | Kyle Munzenrieder

Posted on 03/06/2016 8:51:16 AM PST by kevcol

CNN reported yesterday that indeed unnamed "GOP operatives" confirmed off the record there was a plan to get Carson into the Florida race.

Carson campaign chairman Bob Dees also told the Washington Examiner that such a push existed.

"That's been very tangible. It's been several... two groups of billionaire-types of folks that have pressured him," Dees told the paper. "People that drive super-PAC activity and other endeavors and, in fact, there was even discussion of a, well, we can help with the Florida [U.S.] Senate seat if he'll just agree to do what we'd like you to do or support our guy, drop out, etc."

(Excerpt) Read more at miaminewtimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; fl2016; gope; rubio
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I think he would make a good Surgeon General.


21 posted on 03/06/2016 11:33:55 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: arl295

He will always have Beck to keep him company.


22 posted on 03/06/2016 11:35:31 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: kevcol
Dr. Ben Carson would be a worthy successor to a failed Marco Rubio. Marco has proved himself to be a lightweight and a RINO tool. A perfect dupe.
23 posted on 03/06/2016 11:52:24 AM PST by MasterGunner01 ( To err is human, to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: MasterGunner01

Honestly Ben would be good in the senate. He’s a thoughtful conservative guy.


24 posted on 03/06/2016 12:01:52 PM 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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To: Georgia Girl 2

He’s got my vote.


25 posted on 03/06/2016 12:02:56 PM PST by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: DoughtyOne

Big question: Why do we really need a surgeon general?


26 posted on 03/06/2016 12:23:38 PM PST by varina davis (WHOEVER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS FOR 2016)
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To: varina davis

Well, who else is going to shutter the department?

“:^)


27 posted on 03/06/2016 12:29:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: kevcol

I could really really really get behind that idea.

Ben Carson is a thoughtful man. I would love to see him be in the US Senate.


28 posted on 03/06/2016 12:48:17 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Me too.


29 posted on 03/06/2016 12:50:39 PM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio, the White Obama)
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To: Oklahoma

Crack is a helluva drug.


30 posted on 03/06/2016 1:23:46 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; campaignPete R-CT; SoFloFreeper; sickoflibs; ...

Carson carpetbag to FL?

Bizarre notion.


31 posted on 03/06/2016 1:26:02 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Impy

That won’t play. We need Ron DeSantis.


32 posted on 03/06/2016 2:14:27 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; campaignPete R-CT; SoFloFreeper; sickoflibs

Agreed. We saw what happened when Liz Cheney tried to parachute into a Wyoming U.S. Senate race out of nowhere (or Alan Keyes in Illinois for that matter)

Speaking of Liz Cheney, I wonder if some anti-17thers are pushing this idea. I find it cute on how they go into long winded discussions to “educate” the rest of us about how Senators are supposed to represent state interests (as if anyone who disagrees with them is too stupid to “understand” how the government was originally supposed to set up), then they practice the exact opposite and push for someone who has ZERO understanding or ties to the state’s culture as the ideal person to “represent” the said state in Washington.


33 posted on 03/06/2016 2:22:43 PM PST by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: Impy

he has a home here. it isn’t carpet bagging..


34 posted on 03/06/2016 4:06:17 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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To: kevcol
Past time to repeal the 17Th amendment.
35 posted on 03/06/2016 7:37:56 PM PST by sarasmom (I pray for Trump's success in his endeavor to salvage the USA .)
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