Carson is done.

[RoryN]

Bye bye asshole.

 

[sr71plt]

Citation of his withdrawal?

 

[RoryN]

Citation of his withdrawal?

He's headed home to Florida. Gonna take time off. Not hitting any other states. May go to National Prayer Breakfast.

Candidates continuing their runs don't do that.

 

[about_average]

Loren Reyna ‏@lonewolfwriting 3m3 minutes ago

Ben Carson supporters! He is heading home after #IowaCaucus. Please consider voting instead for another great Christian man - Marco Rubio!

 

[lovecraft68]

great Christian man

Oxymoron.

 

[about_average]

Yeah, remember, Carson is the one who says there should be a religious test for being president.
Pesky Constitution!

 

[Wrong Element]

He's heading to Syria to fight the Chinese.

 

[neci]

i've not yet checked the news.

 

[sr71plt]

He's headed home to Florida. Gonna take time off. Not hitting any other states. May go to National Prayer Breakfast.

Candidates continuing their runs don't do that.

Didn't see a citation of anything there. I've googled but haven't come up with a withdrawal statement yet. Candidates are doing a lot of zany things now--and getting away with them.

 

[neci]

Zika.

it's not sad to see carson go.

 

[about_average]

Zika.

it's not sad to see carson go.

Ok, you lost me there.

 

[RoryN]

Didn't see a citation of anything there. I've googled but haven't come up with a withdrawal statement yet.

I didn't say he withdrew. I didn't say it was official.

I said he's done.

And I'm right.

 

[RoryN]

First Iowa results: Trump 27%, Carson 9%!

 

[BotanyBoy]

Oxymoron.

Careful, starting to sound like one of those A-moral libhrulz!!

I didn't say he withdrew. I didn't say it was official.

I said he's done.

And I'm right.

 

[PeteHulbert37]

I would not be surprised to see Carson get tabbed as a VP running mate.

 

[neci]

Ok, you lost me there.

i checked the news.

 

[about_average]

i checked the news.

I meant the relationship between zika and carson.

 

[Aglaopheme]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaLKi0qUUAEz7i2?format=png&name=large

 

[Aglaopheme]

Ben Carson Tells Caucus Supporters, ‘People Have Asked, “Is It Worth It?”‘
CLIVE, Iowa — The call for more candidates to speak had come about a half-hour before Ben Carson strolled into the caucus site here. He quickly took the stage.

“People have asked, ‘Is it worth it?’” Mr. Carson said with a smile. “No.”

He waited a beat. There was quick laughter, and then slightly awkward applause. He continued.

“Not if you’re doing it for yourself,” he said. “But the answer is yes if you’re doing it for others.”

Mr. Carson sounded relaxed and spoke candidly. He detailed his reluctance to enter the campaign, saying he was looking forward to retiring, but he could not completely ignore the groundswell around.

“But then along came the ‘run Ben run’ people, and the ‘draft Ben’ group and hundreds of thousands of petitions, and I said maybe it will go away if I ignore it,” he said. “But it didn’t, it kept growing. And I finally said, ‘Lord, you know this is not on my bucket list.’”

He paused. “But if you open the doors, I’ll walk through them.”

He spoke of his faith and of his time in the medical field, joked about never having seen the “Rocky” films, and thanked Iowans for the trust they had placed in him by caucusing for him.

Mike Nason, the director of advance for the Carson campaign, confirmed a shift in travel plans: first reported by CNN Mr. Carson will not go straight to New Hampshire after the caucuses but will be going to Florida instead.

“It’s not like he’s going home, he’s stopping back for 12 hours,” Mr. Nason said. Then, Mr. Carson will go to Washington for the National Prayer Breakfast, then to North Carolina, and then to New Hampshire.

“He’s getting a change of clothes,” Mr. Nason said.

http://www.nytimes.com/live/iowa-caucus-2016-election/?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

 

[Aglaopheme]

O'Malley is done.

 

[Aglaopheme]

O'Malley is done.

From the NYT

He will announce at at his caucus party tonight at Wooly's in Des Moines that he is suspending his campaign. He is likely to speak at 9:30 p.m. Central.

 

[Aglaopheme]

And there goes Huckabee as well.

I am officially suspending my campaign. Thank you for all your loyal support. #ImWithHucK

 

[sr71plt]

According to CNN, Huckabee (7 percent in Iowa, according to him, but only 2 percent so far on the board) has suspended his run. Earlier today, in an interview with CNN, he said he'd prefer Trump to Cruz.

 

[Wrong Element]

Me three months ago, when Rafael E. Cruz was running fifth in the national polls:

I've always thought Cruz's potential was being underrated.

After this commercial break, I'll be back with all of your lottery numbers.

 

[Aglaopheme]

I hope Rubio over takes Trump. He's less than 300 votes behind him with 99% of the precincts reporting.