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Dr. Ben Carson has become a fan favorite among Tea Partiers

Carson has some bots pushing him in some ads, forums, etc. But, if anyone looks closely at some of the positions he has had, he comes up short.

As in 2012, there are a bunch, even on FR, who will jump on any bandwagon. Otherwise, there would not have been 6 different 'leaders' during the 2012 primary season.

Even in 2008, there were many who jumped on the Thompson bandwagon. I spent 5 minutes doing some quick research and discovered that he helped write and chaired the Senate committee that wrote the Constutitionally questionable Campaign Finance Reform, originally labeled Thompson-McCain-Feingold.

It is too bad that too many look for personalities and celebrities, rather than statesmen, for the highest office in the land.

Excellent point about jumping on the bandwagon....Cruz will get hit HARD by the Rand Paul crowd.....make no mistake they HATE Cruz....IMHO Cruz needs more time...we would be better looking at a guv...Only thing for certain is we HAVE to get behind someone fairly early!

I have heard a number of Carson adds on radio, and they seem odd to me.

They seem like they have been constructed in a way to create the appearance of a ground swell or momentum that does not appear to actually exist.

But one of the most curious Carson adds that I heard, and it was only once, described him as a former radical liberal that has since changed his philosophy as a result of Obamacare.

That description of him makes sense to me.

In the very least it explains his position on the 2nd Amendment, which to me is a deal killer.

Another reason I would not support him is that he is too soft spoken. He does not come across as a fighter to me, and that is precisely what I am looking for in a candidate.

Lastly, a person has to prove himself to me politically in some other way to me before I would consider voting for him for President. I am not going to vote for it to find out what’s in it when it comes to President.