People lose their jobs over lesser indiscretions. Carson bailing in the middle of crunch time while his team is collapsing sends a fair signal he’s making the smart decision to get out of a race he cannot win. If he is so out of tune with the expectations put on any candidate, so ill-prepared to manage an adverse rumor precipitated by his own actions, I fail to see how this person is really ready to be President.
And another thought. Supposedly he denied the rumor partway through this mess. Fine, Ben, what are we to think? You’re bailing on the campaign for “cloths” (riiight) whilst your campaign machinery is disappearing from under your feet. Do we believe your denial? Has a politician ever denied something that was in fact true? Will those Carson votes really be wasted? Yes they will. They were better spent on Cruz, though others here question if any votes actually changed at all, and that’s a fair question. But if they had, better they go to Cruz than Trump. No value going to Carson.
Peace,
SR
It doesn’t matter what Dr. Carson was thinking, if he was close to getting out or not. He made it clear before Cruz sent out his msgs that he was NOT dropping out and was in the race. He had events scheduled for NH & SC.
But even if he didn’t, even if it totally looked like he might drop, that’s not a green light for someone to take it on themselves to tell voters in actives caucuses that Carson dropped. If Cruz hadn’t seen his life flash before him with the entrance polls, maybe he would have confirmed.
What Ted did was to grab the only life preserver out there, Carson’s votes. He deliberately knocked Carson out of the running to take the votes.
Stop trying to defend it, it’s indefensible.