Posted on 02/04/2016 6:31:36 AM PST by don-o
CONCORD, N.H. -- Ben Carson, the famed neurosurgeon whose bid for the Republican presidential nomination has struggled to keep pace with rivals, will cut more than 50 staff positions on Thursday as part of an overhaul and downsizing of his entire campaign.
Salaries are being significantly reduced. Carson's traveling entourage will shrink to only a handful of advisers. And instead of flying on private jets, Carson may soon return to flying on commercial flights.
Yeah. And he might be accused of committing politics again!
The whole thing was a book tour paid by campaign contributions.
I really do like Ben Carson and would have considered him too as a potential nominee, but Ted Cruz is my first pick.
Some of the degrading comments that Donald Trump said about him were terrible!! Child molester?
Everyone knew this was coming at some point. Ben Carson has an incredible story of achievement and success, but he was never presidential material. If he was interested in politics, he should have run for Senate in Michigan or Maryland. Hopefully he still will. This is the curse of the GOP. It has politically attractive, successful, smart (in Carson’s case, brilliant) potential candidates who could really contribute to the conservative side of the debate. But they all want to shoot for the moon and run for president rather than a prominent but lower office like Senator or Governor.
... All Ted Cruz’s fault :)
Carson had his team captains at every precinct.. Duh.
Carson exceeded his poll numbers.
On Sunday one day before caucus - Sam Pem announced he was leaving Carson and moving to Cruz (had raised about $4 million for Carson).
On Monday day of caucus - every single person in NH Carson Super Pac - quit and moved to Cruz campaign.
Carson is last in Realclear average.
Trumpees are using this for propaganda. Plain and simple. Following the lead of your hero who damaged Carson in November when losing polls to him.
Since Carson has freed up his schedule, he can drive Trump's WAAAmbulance!
It was a simple keystroke error on my part. Now corrected.
Breathe.
IMHO opinion they did. Carson admitted to planning on heading to floriduh. Now the excuse is he needed clean clothes. Really, let's talk about lying Politicians! You fly 1200 miles out of your way for a set of clothes?
Come on people wake up. He knew if he didn't do extremely well in Iowa with his staff quitting and his money drying up he was done.
He got cold feet and took the opportunity to stay in the public's eye a few more days. He also so an opportunity to Stick it to Cruz whom his Staff in N.H. had baled on him for.
Yup.
And Carson went after only a SINGLE Cruz staffer 'bout passing on the above.
Whereas, as Rush pointed out yesterday, MULTIPLE Rubio staffers were sharing the same info.
Yet (guestimating) 99% of FR posters targeting Cruz about this, along w/99% of the liberal media, haven't uttered a single negative word toward Rubio or his staffers on this.
My, my, my. Such selective "outrage."
Which shows you that if the issue itself was sticking in people's moral craw, they would be aiming their provocation at BOTH Rubio & Cruz.
But they haven't.
Which actually shows their so-called moral indignation 'bout all this is simply a cover as a thinly disguised attempt to go after the front-runner.
That's called exploitation. (And it isn't very "moral" I might add). It's rather crass.
People should just 'fess up to such exploitive crassness. ('Cause we're on to you)
“Just like a pedophile.” And “how stupid are votes in Iowa.”
I stand corrected. This does link to today’s date for publication. Apologies offered as I was certain when I first read the post that it included a date to January.
I believe you are correct.
He also accused him of not being a very good doctor.
I got told I was going into the gutter and being sleazy on another thread for saying that I thought it was funny Palin was going after Ted pretty viciously on Facebook but hadn’t made a peep about Rubio
Great points.
Putting ‘all’ in the to: box doesn’t work. I with is did because I have so much wisdom and smarts to impart, and putting ‘all’ in the box would make it much simpler.
There you go, letting facts get in the way of a good Bash Ted thread. What’s the matter with ya? /s
“Staff buckles up for Ben Carson slash as funds dry up.”
Everybody goes home safe.
suspending his campaign will be coming shortly
Re:”A wonderful man perhaps,”
Perhaps.
It is odd how he directs his anger at Ted Cruz like we have never seen over this coordinated smear attacking Ted Cruz, yet is silent on Rubio for doing the same thing.
But his anger never reached this level when trump DESTROYED him by making him out like a child molester and all other vicious innuendo. Seems like that would have set him off in a manner far beyond what we are seeing here.
Let’s look at the facts, after those ad hominem attacks Carson never recovered in the polls and his fund raising dried up, his people began shifting to Cruz’s campaign and now this?
If Carson was in control of what HIS TEAM let out this would never have happened.
Methinks Ben owes Ted an apology.
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