Posted on 02/10/2016 4:57:39 PM PST by conservative98
Ben Carson said Wednesday he will be staying in the Republican race, despite a poor showing in New Hampshire, and is hoping to win big in South Carolina.
"I'm not getting any pressure from our millions of supporters (to leave the race). I'm getting a lot of pressure to make sure I stay in the race," Carson told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead." "You know, they're reminding me that I'm here because I responded to their imploring me to get involved. And I respect that and I'm not just going to walk away from the millions of people who are supporting me."
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But Carson, who at one point attracted strong support from evangelical voters, said he expected to do well in South Carolina.
"I think I can win South Carolina. We're going to be putting a lot of time resources and effort here," Carson said.
Carson also downplayed his New Hampshire loss, saying he decided not to focus there on purpose.
"We didn't spend nearly as much money in New Hampshire as many others," Carson said. "We didn't spend anywhere near millions of dollars there, recognizing there were certain things that were going to happen there. So you have to pick your battles very carefully. We're doing just fine, people will continue to support us, we will move forward."
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I lost respect for him over the way he treated Ted Cruz.
Cruz had been totally nice to him and it was an obvious misunderstanding.
Yet Carson chooses to buddy up with the guy who originally drove him out of contention by saying that he was a psychopath akin to a child molester.
He’s staying in for one reason, and it’s payback for Iowa..
Exactly. And it’ ll hurt Cruz more.
Maybe you’d better take a time out. You sound pretty agitated.
Wouldn’t you be with these idiot Cruz zombies?
A few months ago, when Donald Trump referred to Carson as pathological and compared him to a child molester, Carson had nothing to say. He was completely impotent. And in fact, his numbers tanked shortly thereafter.
Don’t blame Cruz.
We’ll see if he will head home before the night is over for three in a row.
No because I am a Cruz supporter and I have been able to withstand a lot of insults from the Trumpsters.
I just consider the source and stay calm.
I consider that they love Trump more than they love their momma and that they believe insults are a good way to get one’s point across.
Trump is at 40% in SC in the CBS poll,Carson at 9%.
9% of the population of SC needs o be reeducated.
He will also take votes from Cruz with the Evangelicals.
Oh brother. You Cruz people have been bitter all day. Oh poor Cruz didn’t get any attention from a 3 way tie for 3rd place in New Hampshire.....the Media sucks you all say. It is nauseating. I have never seen a worse group EXCEPT the anti-Sanotrum people in 2012 were gross too.
One would think that Carson will be toast after South Carolina. The question is how many others drop out ahead of Super Tuesday.
With the exception of Carson, the fewer the better for Trump and Cruz.
Cheer up, Naps. It’s got your goat that we are not bitter but optimistic.
You are gonna get an ulcer. Relax.
I will try to be very nice to you in future posts.
Let’s get this out front and center because you’re not going to sit there and call me a liar or a supporter of socialism. You claimed Trump is “not a liberal” and I challenged you on his support for nationalizing healthcare. Your response? Oh, right, I’m the “liar” and “supporter of socialism,” not Donald Trump’s p for actually supporting socialized healthcare! The dishonesty is astounding. Cruz has done a hell of a lot more for conservatism and to fight the establishment. Trump’s accomplishments were campaign contributions to Harry Reid to defeat the Tea Party in Nevada. After Cruz takes South Carolina bigger than he did Iowa and sweeps Trump away with the establishment candidates on Super Tuesday, I’ll send you The Apprentice on DVD while the rest of us put a conservative in the White House for their first time since Reagan.
I believe we Cruz zombies thought of the term zombie first to describe Trump supporters.
As a matter of fact, I placed a copyright on the term and it can only be used about Trump supporters.
Expect to hear from my lawyer.
Damn right it can be front and center. You completely slandered Trump and I was sticking up for him. Your vicious lies and distortions are becoming legendary. Your a bitter. Upset that your credent got a 3-way tie for third place and is not winning in South Carolina. You are a miserable bitter liar. So stop slandering Trump and I might stop.
Good night.
Oh boy. I stepped in it. lol.
Even though we are on different sides, you are awesome.
Carson staying in will keep votes away from Bush and Rubio who we want weakened as much as possible.
This is right even though for some reason Cruzies think Carson voters would head over to Cruztown if he dropped out.
He has a lunch with Ted Cruz tomorrow.....Thank God Dr. Carson has Secret Service Protection. There is no telling what he would do to Dr. Carson. He might even try to kill him. God Bless Dr. Carson during this dangerous meal.
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