Discussion: Poll Finds Ben Carson Edging Out Donald Trump Nationally

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Please oh please oh please, it’s all I want for Christmas, give me Ben Carson for the GOP nominee …

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President Bachmann and President Cain were leading nationally at this point too…

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Well, Donald, time to ratchet up the reality-distorting, rightwing-crowd-pleasing stupidity to ever higher levels. You’ve got it in you, I know you do!

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Within the extreme GOP primary voters only.

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Caitlin, you’re usually not this sloppy:

  1. Iowa is not a primary state, let alone a key one.
  2. Iowa’s recent history is replete with Republican caucus winners who proceed to go nowhere. Nobody sane cares who wins there.
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Carson is the ISIS-monster-truckbomb of GOP candidates. Full speed ahead, Dr. Ben.

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This is great news…for Hillary. I think Carson would implode even more quickly in the general election than Trump.

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Either that, or he’d end up walking on water. We are talking about a real-life version of Chance the Gardener, after all.

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Someone finally figured out how to beat Trump amongst the republican faithful, say even dumber shit. Man talk about a party going down in flames!

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Can you imagine what the GOP field would say about a Dem candidate who had tried to kill someone as a teenager… wait, let’s expand that. Can you imagine what all GOPers would say if Obama had tried to kill someone as a teenager? Oh man Oh man… what a gaggle of hypocritical A-holes these American Conservatives are.

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This guy creeps me out. I don’t see how anyone thinks he can win a national election.

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Iowa has become a cartoon skit for the outrageous - it once was a ‘showcase’ where potentially viable - candidates could emerge - ones that were not necessarily one of the “usual suspects” - but that was pre-internet & multiple all news networks

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I agree with the walking on water bit. Carson scares me more than The.Donald because while Carson regularly says gobsmackingly stupid things, a huge slice of the population isn’t smart enough to recognize that, and he could seriously weaken HRC’s support in the AA community. Carson would be putty in the hands of his GOP Elite handlers - much like Dumbya and St. RayGun, only worse.

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My greatest political fantasy would be a candidate announcing themselves after Halloween, on a platform that the political and holiday shopping seasons, are way too damned long.

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Funny you should say that—in case you want an extra chuckle this morning, a friend told me yesterday her wingnut son-in-law is now saying Mittens will come riding in to save the party. I laughed right into the phone when I heard that one. I think some of our more perspicacious friends on the R side realize what a lousy team they’re fielding this cycle.

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More importantly, the GOP’s Utterly Insane Wing continues to gain support. According to Pollster, 66.5 percent of Republicans back candidates that you must be totally insane to support (Trump, Carson, Cruz, Huckabee, Paul, Jindal and Santorum), while 25.5 back “establishment” candidates who require only partial insanity (Bush, Rubio, Fiorina, Kasich, Christie, Graham and Pataki). That’s the highest number yet for the crazies.

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Faux: Its very surprising that Kenyans are now popular as our Presidents. On a positive note, Republicans have finally broken the race barrier and put a non white ahead in polls.

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I’m surprised that haven’t dug up Reagan and propped up his rotting corpse.

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The rotting corpse would do better in the general than the current frontrunners.

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