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This is on Carson, the political novice. It was HIS campaign that made the decision to take a sabbatical in the middle of the first two primaries! AND THEN, reported it to the press, who rightly were flabbergasted that any serious candidate would take time off for “laundry day, nothing clean” and rightly inferred that he was done.

I guarantee you when the whole truth comes out, every viable campaign in Iowa will be shown to have shared this information, because by the way it was reported on CNN, it certainly appeared that Carson had given up.

However, IF I was a Carson supporter, there is no way I am changing my vote based on a 13th hour message shared by a competitor without verifying it first. Carson and Trump must think Iowans are too stupid to pull out their iphones and confirm this report! The technology is available there, and by all accounts they seem to be reasonably intelligent folks. My gosh this is Iowa, not NYC! The way they are being presented in this kerfuffle is insulting.

Carson’s campaign made an epic mistake. He may have a very good reason for taking time off, but the optics are all wrong, and he mismanaged the media and his supporters. This is ALL on Carson, and his campaign. If this is the best message Trump and Carson have going forward, they are in YUUUUGE trouble.

Cruz did not need to apologize. He did nothing wrong, nor did his staff. They simply shared what was being reported. But he is a gracious man, and did the right thing. Carson needs to man up to HIS mistake, apologize to his supporters, and move on. Maybe he can pray for a miracle at the prayer breakfast and salvage his campaign.