Carson is a very slow and considerate thinker. A good thing.

I get the feeling (and I admit to its being a emotional reaction at this point) Cruz has a black heart somewhere. He is a bit too slick and the whole going AFTER Trump seems to me to be the wrong tack to take- I would want to hear what HE can do for the country, not how we should NOT vote for Trump.

Rubio is a dead man walking.

As to Hildebeast, she is the definite enemy. She is socialist, but lies and hides things and is beholden to wall street for sure. Sanders is at least honest about his positions- and I have to give him credit for that-, but he is a real wacko philosophically.

I think that he might beat out Hildebeast in a fair primary battle, but HIllary is sneaky and probably will win the democratic nomination. She has bought off the powers that be as far as the indictment is concerned- I doubt that will come to pass.

Trump could take out Sanders easily, and it will be more difficult to take out Hildebeast. But he has the best shot of any of the repubs.

You really do hate Trump. Your vote only goes to the perfect John Galt candidate. There isnt one of those that is possibly electable for many years. Remember that politics follows philosophy. Ayn Rand was right about that.

Look at who Trump goes after in the debates and who doesnt go after him. I say he would check out Kasich for VP.. Kasich just sticks to the issues I think, and stays out of the fray pretty much. He knows he CANT be elected president, but with his fiscal responsibility he prob could add to a Trump presidency.

DAgny Taggaart and Hank Rearden didnt build a Gulch either. I can tell you hate Trump, but wouldnt it be better for us to pick apart Hillary or Sanders for their wacko and pandering views, or Cruz for his religious zealotry he would carry into the white house, or Rubio for his teenage attack dog behavior instead of showing us what he could do for the country.

Trump takes all the heat, and he really isnt that bad compared to the others. He tells it like it is (and he doesnt read speeches or spout prepped sound bites), he uses the various laws to promote himself and at the same time tells us to change them (like the campaign contributions that all the others take in exchange for promises and favors). He would pick good advisors ( getting rid of the idiots Obama has put in as AG and IRS heads).

Just another corrupt power-seeking politician then.

About it not being brain surgery~
It looks pretty obvious to the dino.
Guess who wants to be vice president?
Chris Chistie? Yeah, but he ain't the one.
Sarah Palin? Maybe.
Hint: He used to do brain surgery for kids.

why would ben endorse trump. well look at the other choices. cruz pretends to be anti-establishment. lok at his history. he has been part of the establishment for years. Rubio is part of the establishment with a personality of a third grader. trump is a successful businessman. people that work for him or deal with him have a high opinion of him. anyone that has been around successful people know what it takes. that is what we need to reign it waste and corruption. no one has all the right views to please everybody. and trump does not please carson completey but he is the best that is currently running on the conservative side. ignore his rants. look at what he has done and will do.

And you will just starve if you don't till the earth to feed the chickens. FOr 30 years conservatives have let the statists raise the chickens and now there are no eggs.

and if I vote my conscience, regardless of the candidate's
"electability," it's like shaking my salt shaker and wishing
that there were eggs underneath. . no eggs. -- j
.

To the Trump ticket adding Dr Carson is a real positive. "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness" Ghandi

I agree the sheeple need a name they can remember they don't seem to dig to deep into the character of the elected officials.

"Anyone but Hillary" does not move me to Trump since I think he would likely be worse. Cruz would almost certainly be better for liberty than either, but Johnson is the best choice.

roger that, yet my current emphasis is beating HRC.
I have an intuition that DT has a better chance than Cruz. -- j
.

so Ben thinks that DT is a closet good guy and an
outward fascist. . interesting, huh? -- j
.

...and then he endorsed Donald.

if you believe his exaggerations, he wants to make
the u.s. into the gulch. . except for ........... -- j
.

HRM Donnie will have to prove himself. That takes actions, not mere words. According to Ben, he only gives the words to a chosen few who can make him king. Take the next four years and act with ethics and support the principles of individual liberty and free markets. Then ask again for my vote,

If HRM Donnie were serious about liberty and free markets, he'd be building the Gulch. He isn't.

I wouldn't, however, think that Dr. Ben would be tractable
by such a scheme. . he's above that, in my estimation. -- j
.

my first father-in-law could size up a person in a heartbeat,
after having worked in retail car parts for 35 years ...
there was even a tight curve in u.s.25w named for him,
"Beck's curve."
and I bet that Dr. Ben is giving us his critical estimate here,
both to pull the front-runner towards civility and to ask
the voters to consider a view of DT which he has seen.
while this is an odd combination, the general election
will need this kind of thing. . unusual election! -- j
.

I think some of the startling endorsements for "They All Love Me" Donald are the 'products' of his personally lauded 'skill' in making them a 'deal' they can't refuse. How else could he 'convince' some of these people to support him? He reminds me of the "saved" drug addict, or gang member, charismatically preaching his reformed message while dealing behind the scenes.

Its not brain surgery.
Ben proves his expertise as a judge of character.
(Or HRM Donnie is exaggerating.)