You know what you need other than popularity and polls to mount a successful presidential campaign? A ton of cash money. And that’s what the Ben Carson campaign has said it’s garnered from donations in the past three months:
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson's campaign says it raised at least $20 million in past 3 months. pic.twitter.com/c0MJiHAawZ
— Shepard Smith (@ShepNewsTeam) September 30, 2015
Not a bad haul. Ben Carson’s campaign says he brought in $20+ million in the last three months – @AP
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) September 30, 2015
BREAKING: GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson's campaign says it raises at least $20M in past 3 months.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 30, 2015
Wow. Carson has been competitive in the polls even though most pundits thought his debate performances were lackluster. In the most recent poll we have, he came in at 21%, just below el Trumpo’s 26%, but it still remains to be seen if his recent controversial comments about Muslims will take its toll.
The media has done everything it can to spin those comments out of context in order to gin up opposition to Carson. Even Jake Tapper asked him if being against a Muslim in the Oval Office is the same as racism against blacks.
Well it looks like Carson will have a nice war chest to strike back against the media misdirection.