Ben Carson Month Is in Full Swing


Last night Donald Trump was whining about how badly the media mistreats him—yes, seriously—and Exhibit A was a bunch of recent headlines saying that Ben Carson was surging in the polls. “Everybody’s surging but me,” he griped.

Well, if the latest New York Times poll is any indication, the reason everyone says Carson is surging is because he’s surging. He’s up 17 points over the past month. Trump is up three points, which is basically a statistical nothing.

Carson is increasingly becoming the flavor of the week among the GOP faithful, and in fairness, not at the expense of Trump. It’s mostly at the expense of Jeb Bush and the increasingly pathetic Scott Walker. Man, that guy sure is making my political crystal ball skills look bad. Get your act together, Scott! If things keep going the way they are, who knows? Maybe we’ll end up with a Carson-Sanders contest next fall. Wouldn’t that be a hell of a thing?

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