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Related: About this forumBen Carson’s campaign faces turmoil amid staff exits and super PAC rivalry
Ben Carsons campaign faces turmoil amid staff exits and super PAC rivalryPolitics
By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker June 5 at 7:31 PM
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The presidential candidacy of Ben Carson, a tea party star who has catapulted into the top tier of Republican contenders, has been rocked by turmoil with the departures of four senior campaign officials and widespread disarray among his allied super PACs.
In interviews Friday, Carsons associates described a political network in tumult, saying the retired neurosurgeons campaign chairman, national finance chairman, deputy campaign manager and general counsel have resigned since Carson formally launched his bid last month in Detroit. They have not been replaced, campaign aides said.
The moves gutted the core of Carsons apparatus and left the 63-year-old first-time candidate with only a handful of experienced advisers at his side as he navigates the fluid, crowded and high-stakes contest for the Republican nomination.
Carson is a hot commodity on the right-wing speaking circuit and has fast become a leading candidate, winning straw votes at conservative gatherings and rising in public polls. ... But his campaign has been marked by signs of dysfunction and amateurism, alarming supporters who privately worry that Carsons sprawling circle of boosters is fumbling his opportunity. And, they argue, the candidate has been nonchalant about the unrest.
By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker June 5 at 7:31 PM
@costareports
@PhilipRucker
The presidential candidacy of Ben Carson, a tea party star who has catapulted into the top tier of Republican contenders, has been rocked by turmoil with the departures of four senior campaign officials and widespread disarray among his allied super PACs.
In interviews Friday, Carsons associates described a political network in tumult, saying the retired neurosurgeons campaign chairman, national finance chairman, deputy campaign manager and general counsel have resigned since Carson formally launched his bid last month in Detroit. They have not been replaced, campaign aides said.
The moves gutted the core of Carsons apparatus and left the 63-year-old first-time candidate with only a handful of experienced advisers at his side as he navigates the fluid, crowded and high-stakes contest for the Republican nomination.
Carson is a hot commodity on the right-wing speaking circuit and has fast become a leading candidate, winning straw votes at conservative gatherings and rising in public polls. ... But his campaign has been marked by signs of dysfunction and amateurism, alarming supporters who privately worry that Carsons sprawling circle of boosters is fumbling his opportunity. And, they argue, the candidate has been nonchalant about the unrest.
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Ben Carson’s campaign faces turmoil amid staff exits and super PAC rivalry (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2015
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The senior campaign staff saw the writing on the wall really quick and jumped ship
davidpdx
Jun 2015
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Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)1. Carson is really annoying
He thinks that because he is a doctor is is God's gift.
Gothmog
(146,035 posts)2. Carson is a bad candidate
Doctors are not normally good business persons or politicians
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)3. The senior campaign staff saw the writing on the wall really quick and jumped ship
I bet they were thinking maybe there was a time to get a job with another campaign.
FSogol
(45,600 posts)4. Heck the reason unemplyment is down is all the jobs created by the 10,000 republicans
running for President. Hopefully those looking for jobs aren't going toward Fiorina's campaign. She never paid her workers from her last campaign.
PS, I could read articles about Carson's campaign collapsing all day.