The GOP’s Ben Carson Problem

[DonViejo]

New York Times: “Rhetorical excess was good for business, but Carson now wants to be seen as more than a novelty candidate. He has come to learn that such extreme analogies, while true to his views, aren’t especially presidential. They alienate more moderate voters and, perhaps even more damaging, reinforce the impression that he is not “serious” — that he is another Herman Cain, the black former Godfather’s Pizza chief executive who rose to the top of the early presidential polls in 2011 but then bowed out before the Iowa caucuses, largely because of leaked allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied but from which he never recovered.”

“Cain lingers as a cautionary tale for the party as much as for a right-leaning candidate like Carson. The fact that Cain, with his folksy sayings (‘shucky ducky’) and misnomers (‘Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan’), reached the top of the national polls — much less that he was eventually followed there by the likes of Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who all topped one or another poll in the 2012 primary season — wound up being a considerable embarrassment for the eventual nominee, Mitt Romney, and for the longtime party regulars who were trying to fast-track his way to the nomination.”

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[Johonny]

1. Carson doesn't have Cain's money to run without help

and it isn't clear any of the golden angels are backing him. Which means he is unlikely to raise the money needed to survive passed Iowa and New Hampshire anyways. They only fear him if a billionaire golden angel backer appears with endless money like it did for Santorum.

[bluesbassman]

2. As long as he stays the GOP's problem and not America's, I'm good with that.

The scary part is that his extreme analogies really are true to his views.

[hatrack]

3. Carson is the GOP's Designated Black Friend, a subset of Some Of My Best Friends

In the mean time, he's welcome to stumble along as a candidate, or a candidate or candidate wannabee.

Maybe some day he'll realize the true nature of his gig, and maybe he won't. Probably not - brilliant surgeon, but generally a dumbass, judging by his public remarks.

[NightWatcher]

4. Carson's just there to sell a few books to bigots and maybe get a radio show

He's not serious and no one is seriously concerned about him.

[bluedigger]

5. He's running for VP.