Posted on 03/16/2014 5:10:55 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Sen. Rand Paul and Gov. Chris Christie placed first and second in a straw poll held during this weekend's Northeast Republican Leadership Conference, but Dr. Ben Carson may have stolen the show without being a candidate for anything. He emerged in third place with 11 per cent support, tied with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Sen. Rick Santorum. Paul led them by less than four points, with 14.7 per cent support. Christie polled 13 per cent. A 'draft committee' intent on sparking Carson to run for the White House in 2016 raised more than $2.8 million in its first six months of existence. That's more than double what the 'Ready For Hillary' group raised in its initial half-year, even though Hillary Clinton's candidacy seems far more assured than Carson's.
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I read that Dr. Carson doesn’t support the Second Amendment. Is this true?
It's not hard at all. The presidency is not an entry level job. The country elected a man without experience and without knowing where he stood and look what happened? Now people want to do it again. It's Einstein's definition of insanity applied to presidential politics.
Exactly.
Amnesty and gun control are deal breakers for me.
Hoover was secretary of commerce under Harding and Coolidge. Coolidge once said all the advice he got from Hoover was bad; some speculate that “Silent Cal” may have joined his Democrat in-laws in voting for Al Smith.
Both Hoover and Taft had considerable political and international experience. Hoover was a cabinet secretary and had run relief aid to Europe post World War I. Taft had been Secretary of War and also governor of the Philippines and Cuba. Carson is a doctor.
Better check his stance on 2nd A before you make that decision. As a CCW permit holder I don’t like it.
I’m going Cruz or Mike Lee or a combo of the 2.
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me too
There is NO compromise on 2nd A or 1st A. Any law on them is UNCONSTITUTIONAL! WHAT PART OF SHALL NOT INFRINGE DO PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND!
FBI: More Club and Hammer Homicides Than Rifle
More guns less crime
http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/assault-weapons-facts-vs-fiction/
WORST GENOCIDES IN HISTORY
http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/dictat.html
Doctors kill 2,450% more Americans than all gun-related deaths combined
http://www.infowars.com/doctors-kill-2450-more-americans-than-all-gun-related-deaths-combined/
So now both the GOP and the Democrats are in the business of looking for heroes who can make a good speech and who will be overwhelmed by the complexity of running the Executive Branch as their first job in political administration.
Wow! You could not be more correct. Look at how they are talking about Cruz cuz of his written speeches. Even Conservatives can be stupid when dealing with reality and the Presidency.
He is not just a doctor.
http://www.biography.com/people/ben-carson-475422?page=1
If you are interested.
And Carson was director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33.
If he runs, I’ll probably vote for him. But I really hope Cruz runs.
What be said regarding guns in urban areas is not even correct. At the time of the founding of this nation the population densities of cities was very high, people could own as many guns and types as they wanted.....and guess what no massacres.
What has changed since that time?
Address THAT.
Holder’s people.
I will vote for him in a heartbeat.
I can't support someone who would press this position into policy and then law.
The minute I read that many years ago, I knew he would never get my vote for any office.
:)
Herbert Hoover was the Commerce Secretary in the cabinets of Presidents Harding and Coolidge. He was the last cabinet member to be elected president.
Now if you mean presidents who never held elected public office then Hoover belongs on your list.
Washington - don’t even get me started.
Hoover - public administrator of European WW I recovery - fantastic skills
Grant - largest administrative task in history, except emperors, until...
Eisenhower - are you serious?
Zachary Taylor - organized invasion of Mexico
William Howard Taft - Governor General of the Phillippines
I have the greatest respect for the skill set need to run the Neurosurgery program at Johns Hopkins, having run a few Medical Center programs myself, but President of the United States? Seriously?
I think even less of the track record of less-than-one-term U.S. Senator, and I would hope that present experience would make everyone here agree.
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