Posted on 02/04/2016 9:26:56 AM PST by justlittleoleme
If the New Hampshire office of the pro-Ben Carson super PAC 2016 Committee felt a little empty Monday, that’s because everybody quit—and joined Ted Cruz’s campaign.
WMUR reported Monday that all five paid New Hampshire staffers for the pro-Carson super PAC resigned Sunday to become volunteers for Cruz, the Texas senator, who they feel is the most electable conservative.
“We hold Dr. Carson in the highest regard,” the group’s spokesperson, Jerry Sickles, told WMUR. “This is a man we revere, but we think it is important that our party nominate a conservative and get behind a single conservative who can win, and we strongly believe that candidate is Ted Cruz.”
The announcement came the same day that Sam Pimm, the former national head of 2016 Committee—which has raised more than $3.8 million and spent nearly $900,000 in support of Carson—said he decided to switch his support to Cruz, according to Politico, citing electability concerns about Carson. Pimm said he left the super PAC earlier in the fall.
High-profile defections are becoming quite the trend for the Carson campaign.
The retired neurosurgeon’s campaign manager and communications director were among at least five Carson staffers who quit the campaign December 31.
The once-surging, outsider Republican candidate has seen his poll numbers free-fall, both nationally and in early-voting states, since early November.
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Well, now his voters have to also join Cruz.
Time for Gentle Ben to go back to the OR.
Hilarious! This is GREAT news for Ted Cruz, Jim Robinson’s favorite candidate.
(If you trash Cruz, you are in essence trashing the founder of Free Republic.)
Uh...I like Cruz...but using Jim Robinson’s name to try to manipulate people is low.
Cruz Bump
They ‘have’ to go where their personal proclivities take them.
This article is from January 11, 2016.
In other words, this event has nothing to do with recent events.
It’s misleading, at best, to post this without also making clear that it happened well before the current blow up.
Aren’t the Super PACs supposed to exist totally independent of the candidate they support? At this juncture, they’re leaving a group supporting Dr. Carson to join Cruz’s campaign? Makes me wonder how loyal they ever were to Dr. Carson’s cause. It says more about them than it does about Carson.
I agree it was wrong.
But you like Cruz? Yeah right.
Perhaps they just went home for a couple days to get a change of cloths.
I think Jim speaks very well himself without others speaking for him.
He’s been doing it a lot.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Jim Robinson post a while back that he supports Trump? Or did I hallucinate that?//(I would be delighted to be proven wrong.)
This is OLD NEWS (January 11, 2016).
This is from January 11, 2016.
It should be taken out of breaking news.
Oh stop with the Trump tactics of personal attack. Their ship is sinking. They are moving on to their second choice, the conservative Ted Cruz.
This doesn’t hurt Cruz in itself.
It will if Carson and Williams become outraged, and decide to play dirtball with the Cruz campaign.
Yes, I saw that too. Jim, please clarify.
Little over the top there don’t ya’ think! Mr. Jim can speak for himself.
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