
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that fellow Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson “wants to abolish Medicare,” “a program that’s worked” on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Trump, in response to a question on why people should vote for
by Ian Hanchett27 Oct 2015, 12:07 PM PST0

Dr. Ben Carson is taking the strongest pro-life position possible, declaring he would “ultimately love” to see the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision overturned, and abortion made illegal nationwide, with very carefully-defined exceptions where the life of the mother is at stake.
by John Hayward27 Oct 2015, 8:37 AM PST0

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was asked about his deteriorating lead in the polls to his opponent, former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson. Trump said that now Carson was a front-runner, it was likely
by Jeff Poor27 Oct 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

Columnist Charles Krauthammer criticized Republican presidential candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush as “petulant,” adding, “you can see why [Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben] Carson’s running about three times ahead of where Bush is,” and that with Republican presidential candidate
by Ian Hanchett26 Oct 2015, 4:42 PM PST0

Monday on ABC’s “The View” while discussing Republican candidate Dr. Ben Carson coming out against abortion including in cases of rape and incest this weekend on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” two of the show’s co-host called Carson “despicable” and “pathetic.”
by Pam Key26 Oct 2015, 3:22 PM PST0

Donald Trump dropped 5 points, and Ben Carson gained 6 points, according to the latest large-scale national poll by produced by Morning Consult. Trump dropped from 40 percent in mid-October, down to 35 percent support, while Carson zoomed up from 14 percent to 20 percent this weekend.
by Neil Munro26 Oct 2015, 3:00 PM PST0

In an appearance on C-SPAN last week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, was asked if he would host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” as his opponent Donald Trump is next month. Unlike another one
by Jeff Poor26 Oct 2015, 1:24 PM PST0

Dr. Ben Carson responded on Sunday to attacks from Donald Trump, who has called him “super-low energy,” stating on Meet the Press that he may be soft-spoken, but people should not mistake that for a lack of energy.
by William Bigelow26 Oct 2015, 7:25 AM PST0

In an appearance on the so-called “pancakes and politics” town hall series from New Hampshire and broadcasted on NBC’s “Today,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump dismissed recent polling that suggested he had fallen behind in the early primary state of
by Jeff Poor26 Oct 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Dr. Ben Carson, a contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, responded to a claim from party front-runner Donald Trump and others describing him as low-energy. According to Carson, he
by Breitbart TV26 Oct 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

The people of Guatemala have just elected a complete outsider as their nation’s next president, selecting in a landslide election television comedian Jimmy Morales to represent them.
by Matthew Boyle25 Oct 2015, 8:49 PM PST0

Dr. Ben Carson would “relish” the opportunity to take on Hillary Clinton—whom he dubbed the “poster child” of dishonesty—in a general election. On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, Carson, who is now the frontrunner in Iowa, told host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon that a contest versus Clinton would be the “most clear-cut election in history.”
by Tony Lee25 Oct 2015, 7:55 PM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Chuck Todd pressed Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson on his plan to use the Department of Education to police universities and colleges political speech and deny funding in cases of “extreme political
by Pam Key25 Oct 2015, 11:55 AM PST0

Seven out of ten “Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters” say businessman Donald Trump is the GOP’s “strongest general election candidate,” based upon a newly released Associated Press-GfK poll. In effect, the GOP’s Washington-based political class is completely out of touch with GOP voters.
by Dan Riehl25 Oct 2015, 11:54 AM PST0

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he wasn’t trying to insult his rival Ben Carson’s Seventh Day Adventist religion explaining that it was his intention to say he wasn’t “familiar” with it. When asked
by Pam Key25 Oct 2015, 10:10 AM PST0

On the October 25 airing of Meet the Press, Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson stressed the important role an armed citizenry plays in preventing tyranny, saying, the government finds it “much more difficult to dominate people who are armed.”
by AWR Hawkins25 Oct 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson likened abortion to slavery and said he is not on favor of exceptions for cases of rape of and insect. When host Chuck Todd asked, “Does life begin
by Pam Key25 Oct 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

GOP establishment pick Jeb Bush may have raised $13.3 million for his struggling campaign, but only seven percent of that total came from small donors pledging under $200, the Wall Street Journal reports.
by Katie McHugh24 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump argued fellow GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is “very, very weak on immigration” in an interview aired on Friday’s “AC360” on CNN. Trump stated of Carson, “he’s very, very weak on immigration, and I’m very
by Ian Hanchett23 Oct 2015, 7:03 PM PST0

In an interview with Bloomberg Politics Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, 2016 GOP presidential contender Ben Carson reacted to his new leading position according to a poll in Iowa and discussed the possibility of the current front-runner Donald Trump going
by Jeff Poor23 Oct 2015, 11:53 AM PST0

In an interview on New York City WABC radio’s “Rita Cosby Show” on Thursday, GOP presidential contender Ben Carson explained the threats he has faced during his campaign and how he and his staff have taken “reasonable precautions” to confront those issues.
by Jeff Poor23 Oct 2015, 10:24 AM PST0

Hard on the heels of yesterday’s Quinnipiac poll comes a survey from the Des Moines Register that confirms Ben Carson is now the leading Republican candidate in Iowa, with Donald Trump slipping into second place, and Senator Ted Cruz nudging ahead of Senator Marco Rubio for third.
by John Hayward23 Oct 2015, 8:41 AM PST0

Ben Carson is now leading national frontrunner Donald Trump by nine points in Iowa with 28 percent of the vote, according to the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll released this morning. That’s up 10 points from the same poll conducted in August. Trump comes in second with 19 percent, while Sen. Ted Cruz gets third place with 10 percent support.
by Charlie Spiering23 Oct 2015, 5:57 AM PST0

Ex-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor – swept out by the Tea Party-backed Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) – is now on the attack against it and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, saying voters have an unrealistic expectation from a Republican majority in Congress and Trump is “absolutely not” a credible presidential nominee for the GOP.
by Alex Swoyer22 Oct 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) is running for speaker “the right way,” “I’m not sure that there’s anything useful to be gained” by criticizing former President George W. Bush for 9/11, and Democratic presidential
by Ian Hanchett21 Oct 2015, 9:05 PM PST0