I, ignorant foreigner that I am, don't even know who that is. The name "Ben Carson" only lead my mind to entertainment or a tv host or something?
He is the ex-CEO of a small to medium sized pizza chain.
Not sure if snarky or just plain dumb.
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Yes, straw polls mean nothing when it comes to winning primaries. BUT, they are worth paying attention to, because they're indicative of where the energy is. The people participating in these polls are typically the ones who will crawl over broken glass to defeat Hillary Cli-- I mean, whoever the Democratic nominee is, because it's not like the Democrats coronated their Queen months ago...
Bush has decent poll numbers but ZERO enthusiasm among the die-hards. Carson and Fiorina have enthusiasm but atrocious poll numbers (though some of that could simply be lack of recognition, as evidenced by the last couple of posts). Of course, as we saw in the last GOP presidential cycle, it's a bit like a losing football team -- the backup quarterback is the most popular guy in town. An insurgent candidate is only popular till he becomes the frontrunner.
But Walker seems to be generating a good amount of enthusiasm, *and* has national recognition, though I'm not sure why. Perhaps the Democrats did him an unintentional favor by seeking a recall and getting his name plastered all over the news a couple years back.
We're only a little over a month to the first debate, and it's going to be interesting to see how that goes. Unless the media frenzy dies down significantly, Trump is going to be on that stage with nine people secretly hoping his hair climbs down his throat and strangles him on national TV. Because right now, the only silver lining to a Trump run is that he could potentially be the "bad cop" and allow a Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush to play the good cop to would-be Hispanic voters. Otherwise, he's just cementing the popular image of Republicans as the party of rich white assholes.