Ben Carson drops out of the race

Ben Carson dropped out of the presidential race.  The devout, humble, thoughtful black man who rose out of poverty to become one of the world’s leading brain surgeons was a sort of anti-Trump.  Would that we lived in a country today in which Ben Carson could be elected president!

From Carson fades, U.S. Republicans grapple with Trump victories | Reuters:

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson signalled on Wednesday he was quitting the Republican presidential race, leaving three candidates facing Donald Trump as the party establishment struggled to find a way to halt the outspoken businessman.

Carson, a conservative who briefly led opinion polls among Republicans earlier in the campaign, said he did not “see a political path forward” after performing poorly in this week’s Super Tuesday contests. He said he would not participate in a Republican debate on Thursday.

As a conservative black Republican, Carson, 64, stood out in the mostly white Republican Party, and his fast start in polls and fundraising last year briefly made him look like a contender.

But his campaign foundered amid staff infighting and questions about Carson’s familiarity with foreign policy.

His departure is unlikely to have a major impact on the fight among Republicans to become the party’s candidate in the Nov. 8 election to succeed Democratic President Barack Obama.

Reuters/Ipsos polling last month showed Carson supporters would mostly likely be split between Trump and U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz if he dropped out. Ohio Governor John Kasich is also still in the race.

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