Aaaaand Ben Carson steps on his genitalia.......NEXT

[Dave]

^^ THIS...

he needed a "handler" or media consultant more than a year ago..
I suspect this would have prevented issues even within the (R) party.
He has not only put his foot in it with this, but with conservatives about gun control issues...
In my heart I believe he is intelligent enough, and is a constitutionalist... he could be easily convinced to do the right thing, given the right audience...

but it was nailed with "he's not a politician"... if you have political aspirations as a conservative, PLEASE get a good political consultant and listen to them.

It seems that even idiot liberals don't need to do that, the handlers seek THEM out.. maybe that's what the conservatives need

My question on that would be if the handlers would really be any better than what the candidates are already saying. The biggest problem the R's are facing is that what the deeply religious base wants to hear from someone will piss off a lot of undecided voters, especially on the issues the D's know they can hammer home of gay marriage and abortion. The minute even one of them says gay marriage shouldn't be banned and that the gov't should just let people live how they want the evangelicals will be frothing at the mouth and snapping their teeth. They'd get more of the middle voters, but they'd lose money from the far right voters.

[68Charger]

My question on that would be if the handlers would really be any better than what the candidates are already saying. The biggest problem the R's are facing is that what the deeply religious base wants to hear from someone will piss off a lot of undecided voters, especially on the issues the D's know they can hammer home of gay marriage and abortion. The minute even one of them says gay marriage shouldn't be banned and that the gov't should just let people live how they want the evangelicals will be frothing at the mouth and snapping their teeth. They'd get more of the middle voters, but they'd lose money from the far right voters.

Yep, they're f'd... So the devil wins...