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But Dr. Carson also chose to be "independent" here, voting only in the general elections every 2 years.

Independent does not equal liberal. There are plenty of Freepers who claim they are changing their registration to independent. I agree with you, that it is better to pick a party to be able to vote in the primaries. Bob Novak registered Democrat in DC for that reason. I don't know much about Carson's life in Maryland, but the Republicans are not all that competitive in large swaths of it.

Carson never claimed to be a big time party guy. Trump has been even more "all over the place". I have my issues with Carson, but being a non-Dem who has not been a card carrying member of the Republican Party for long is not one of them.

Quite often the elections in Maryland are actually decided in the primaries, whatever the party.

It did strike me as strange that he changed to a Republican at the end of October last year and now is running for president.