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Why a Johns Hopkins Neurosurgeon Is Getting 2016 Presidential Buzz
National Journal ^
| 02/13/2013
| Elahe Izadi
Posted on 02/12/2013 7:10:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
AllahPundit of Hotair made this observation:
Hes a phenomenon on the right, but its completely unrealistic, needless to say, for a total political novice to contend seriously for a presidential nomination, even one as personally accomplished as Carson.
Senator is a more likely bet, but Carson has the misfortune of living in one of the most reliably blue states in America.
Maryland hasnt sent a Republican to the Senate in more than 25 years. Ben Cardin just got reelected and Barbara Mikulski isnt up again until 2016 and shes never drawn less than 60 percent in a Senate race. Could be that shell retire before her next term (shes 76 now), but Democratic turnout in Maryland will be strong in 16 no matter who the nominee is since its a presidential election year. He could, of course, move across the border to Virginia and take his chances there, but the next Senate election is in 2014 against Mark Warner who won with 65 percent of the vote last time. Second look at running for the House instead?
To: SeekAndFind
I really liked his speech. If he ran on the principles outlined in that talk I could vote for him. Not for President unless he had an elective executive position first, but for anything short of that. Shame he is in Maryland instead of Texas.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:14:36 AM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(Ten years on FreeRepublic and counting.)
To: SeekAndFind
I would think conservatives would like to know more about a candidate before they supported them. Then again, there were some wanting Scott Brown for Prez before he was even a Senator.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:15:42 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: No Truce With Kings
RE: I really liked his speech. If he ran on the principles outlined in that talk I could vote for him.
Let’s just hope he isn’t a ladies man like you-know-who...
I don’t want to see the face of Gloria Allred again.
To: GeronL
Yes, due diligence is a must. Everything I’ve heard the guy say so far, I’ve agreed with, but that’s not to say he doesn’t have a skeleton or two in his closet. Lord knows the Clinton machine knows how to dig them up if they’re there. I’d also like to hear his thoughts on a wider scope of issues, and who he would suggest as advisers. You can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:29:09 AM PST
by
Dubya-M-Dees
(Little HOPE... No CHANGE)
To: SeekAndFind; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Gilbo_3; Impy; NFHale; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Liz; ...
RE :”
Carson, raised by a single mother in a poverty-stricken home, who went on to become a top Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, gave a nearly 30-minute speech at the National Prayer Breakfast last week that indirectly criticized many of the policies promulgated by President Obama — all while the president sat just to his side.
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“We can make contributions for people who are indigent,” Carson said. “ Instead of sending all this money to some bureaucracy, let's put it in their HSAs. Now they have some control over their own health care. And very quickly they're going to learn how to be responsible.”
When it comes to taxes, Carson pushed for a flat income tax by citing the biblical concept of tithing. “ Some people say, ‘Well that's not fair because it doesn't hurt the guy who made $10 billion as much as the guy who made 10.’ Where does it say you've got to hurt the guy? He just put a billion dollars in the pot. We don't need to hurt him,” Carson said. “It's that kind of thinking that has resulted in 602 banks in the Cayman Islands. That money needs to be back here building our infrastructure and creating jobs.” FNC was playing this and it was classic the camera focused on Os face when he was being lectured by Ben Carson (who is black.)
This guy should be the response to O rather than Rubio and Paul, he is no Herman Cain.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:39:39 AM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Losing to Dems and Obama is not a principle! Its just losing.)
To: SeekAndFind
You can bet everything you have that the leftist smear machine is in top gear trying to discredit this man.
He’s everything they hate -
a minority, out of poverty because of a PARENT, not the government, intelligent, well spoken, likeably.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:43:18 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: SeekAndFind; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Gilbo_3; Impy; NFHale; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Liz; ...
RE :”
Carson, raised by a single mother in a poverty-stricken home, who went on to become a top Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, gave a nearly 30-minute speech at the National Prayer Breakfast last week that indirectly criticized many of the policies promulgated by President Obama — all while the president sat just to his side.
.....
“We can make contributions for people who are indigent,” Carson said. “ Instead of sending all this money to some bureaucracy, let's put it in their HSAs. Now they have some control over their own health care. And very quickly they're going to learn how to be responsible.”
When it comes to taxes, Carson pushed for a flat income tax by citing the biblical concept of tithing. “ Some people say, ‘Well that's not fair because it doesn't hurt the guy who made $10 billion as much as the guy who made 10.’ Where does it say you've got to hurt the guy? He just put a billion dollars in the pot. We don't need to hurt him,” Carson said. “It's that kind of thinking that has resulted in 602 banks in the Cayman Islands. That money needs to be back here building our infrastructure and creating jobs.” FNC was playing this and it was classic the camera focused on Os face when he was being lectured by Ben Carson (who is black and in my lib state yet.)
This guy should be the response to O rather than Rubio and Paul, he is no joke like Herman Cain or Michael Steele were/are.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:43:18 AM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Losing to Dems and Obama is not a principle! Its just losing.)
To: SeekAndFind
What is Carson’s position on the .2nd Amendment?
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:45:57 AM PST
by
LZ_Bayonet
( I AM THE TEA PARTY LEADER !)
To: SeekAndFind
He would have my complete support. This is the man conservatives have been clamoring to have arrive on the scene.
Asking for a career politician is something true conservatives should NEVER do.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:49:15 AM PST
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: SeekAndFind
He would have my complete support. This is the man conservatives have been clamoring to have arrive on the scene.
Asking for a career politician is something true conservatives should NEVER do.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:49:15 AM PST
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: SeekAndFind
He would have my complete support. This is the man conservatives have been clamoring to have arrive on the scene.
Asking for a career politician is something true conservatives should NEVER do.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:49:15 AM PST
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: SeekAndFind
My gosh!
One speech does NOT a president make.
==
Again, we see names being thrown against the wall to see if any stick.
Every time someone makes noise that the conservatives like, they claim him to be the next frontrunner for 2016.
Did they learn nothing from 2008? 2012? Apparently not.
At least vet the guy some. Find out his credentials. The last thing the GOP primaries needs is another bunch of wannabes who become the frontrunners, only to be forced out by their own undoing.
==
These are becoming worse than reality TV.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:50:03 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: TomGuy
RE: My gosh!
One speech does NOT a president make.
_____________________
Yes, like Barack Obama at the 2005 DNC.
To: Triple
WANTING power should be an immediate disqualification to be elected to any position of power...
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:51:07 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: TomGuy
CORRECTION: Like Barack Obama at the 2005 2004 DNC.
To: SeekAndFind
I’m sure Gloria Allred has been given an unlimited budget for a bimbo fishing expedition.
To: SeekAndFind
Yes, like Barack Obama at the 2005 DNC.
He lowered the bar almost to ground level.
A lot of good that did. The GOP couldn't even pick up a few Senate seats in the worst economy since Carter.
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posted on
02/12/2013 7:59:52 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: TomGuy
These are becoming worse than reality TV. Considering Trump was briefly the front runner last year, maybe it's becoming reality TV.
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