Ben Carson Made A Big Announcement That His Supporters Probably Won’t Like

The Political Insider ^ | 10/15/2015

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Ben Carson has made an announcement that has some wondering if he is a serious candidate for President. He suspended public campaign events for two weeks so he can go on a book tour. The presidential candidate is promoting his book, “A More Perfect Union” and hoping to catch up on fundraising. This is a highly unusual move during a presidential campaign. There are often jokes about candidates running for President because they want to sell books, but Carson seems to be doing just that with this move.

His next public campaign event will be October 28th. His last one was October 2nd. That will be over 3 weeks without a campaign event. With the Iowa Caucuses quickly approaching, this should be concerning to his supporters. Any serious candidate should be shaking hands with targeted voters and seeking media coverage. He can’t do this while he is peddling books. Carson is gaining ground on frontrunner Donald Trump, but rather than increase his efforts, he is suspending his campaign events. This does not make strong political sense and gives his competitors an advantage.

[Fledermaus]

Oh come one...a book tour for a book written as a campaign book IS campaigning.

This article is silly.

[SamAdams76]

I hate to say it but I have not noticed that Carson has not had any campaign events since Oct 2.

[Vigilanteman]

Isn’t a book tour promoting his book on his vision for America a type of campaign event?

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

You know what? I haven’t noticed either.

[The Toll]

I think he had one here in Atlanta on Oct 3rd, the same day Trump was here. That may be why it was swept under the rug.

[McGruff]

I fail to see the excitement in him anyways. But still I wouldn’t like my candidate to do that out of the blue. Stability is a trait I want. Unless you got a dam good reason.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Isn’t a book tour promoting his book on his vision for America a type of campaign event?
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I’m not sure about that though. Isn’t this is similar to what McCain did? You know the media is going to make a stink about this. It doesn’t look good.

[chris37]

Holy GOPE bullsh*t, Batman!

[dragonblustar]

Kasich? Why?

[clamper1797]

Kasich? Why Kasich? ... when we have Christie and/or Bush ? Dripping sarcasm off

[TexasCruzin]

Shirley has a RINO problem.

[LS]

As a bestselling author, I can tell you my publisher (Penguin) has NEVER given me a book tour. These are a thing of the past. Yes, he sells a lot more books than I do, but still, I know of very, very few authors who get a book tour.

Second, coming right after news that he's spending about 75% of his funds on fundraising, it's a mystery to me how he is even in the race at this time.

[bert]

horse hocky

there can be a lull in the normal routine.

Selling books is meeting and greeting and spreading the gospel

he might impress A such that she insists C and D go meet the man and get the book

Face Book can produce a long line of such motivated folks very
quickly. it is effective retail politics

the bad guys are trying to influence the gullible

[Vigilanteman]

You know the media is going to make a stink about this. It doesn’t look good.

Any candidate that causes the media to throw a hissy fit wins points in my book.

For the same reason why I would be more inclined to fly an airline which has the most lawsuits from CAIR.

[kanawa]

That’s what I’m thinking....a redirection not a suspension.
If it was next October, I’d be questioning it.

[Raebie]

In other words, his publisher is paying for his campaign appearances for the next 2 weeks.

[SteveinSATX]

This guy is reading waaay too much into this. Elections are over 4 months away, There’s nothing wrong with Carson selling books for a couple weeks and meeting people around the country which is the same as campaigning.

[TomGuy]

Trust your gut.

Mine tells me I don't want Carson one heartbeat away from the presidency nor anywhere close to it.

He is not quite what everyone 'wants' him to be. And when some of the 'real' person seeps through, his sycophants bury their heads in the sand.

We saw the same adulations toward Fred Thompson in 2008, when too many were building him into what they wanted him to be, not what he was.

Isara posted a chart comparing Cruz, Carson and Trump on the major issues. That chart showed Carson with more unknowns than knowns.

Presidential Candidates Comparison (Cruz vs. Carson vs. Trump)

Budget, Spending & Debt
Civil Liberties
Education
Energy & Environment
Foreign Policy & Defense
Free Market
Health Care & Entitlements
Immigration
Moral Issues
Second Amendment
Taxes, Economy & Trade

More at Conservative Review: https://www.conservativereview.com/2016-presidential-candidates
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Carson has too many ‘mixed’ views on the issues.

Color each green and he looks perfect to the conservatives.

Color each red and he looks like he should be appearing in the Democrat debates rather than in the Republican debates.

[An earlier thread this week said he has been mostly independent and former Democrat until just about a year ago.]

[GOPJ]

The book explains Carson’s ideas.. it’s important. If a few journalists read the thing they woudn’t have to ask him such stupid questions.

[JediJones]

Trump went out of his way to praise Carson and Kasich in some of his recent speeches/interviews. Inparticular, it was unusual to hear him talk about Kasich since his name is not coming up naturally as much as Carson’s is.

Trump wants only to win. Most of his positions have been shifted in recent years to be more in line with what either the general public or the primary voters generally like according to polls. He is not going to pick a V.P. candidate because of that candidate’s ideology or if that person could be useful in his administration. He is going to pick the candidate on pure electoral strategy. He himself earlier this year brought up how a good V.P. candidate would help him electorally when discussing potential V.P. picks. Which is why you can bank on the fact that his V.P. will either be a non-white-male or someone from Ohio or Florida.