Ben Carson isn’t the guy.
I know a lot of people are high on the image of Carson, a true-speaking Washington outsider with supposedly hardline Republican principals and , apparently, the appeasing skin color. I am not high on him at all. He is a smart man, but smart isn’t enough to be a president. He is fragmented and carries a tone that suggests that he would struggle in high-stakes negotiations with world leaders and would be unable to handle the press. Basically, as a charismatic figure, he is no Reagan. He is no Obama. He’s a Bush. No, not the good one.
In terms of the democratic race, there isn’t a story there. The news keeps trying to make one, because they have to say something, but there isn’t anything there. No fire but lots of smoke and mirrors. Clinton is going to be the nominee and the voters know it. Do I want her to be my president? Not particularly. I am not excited by the prospect of a Clinton white house (that isn’t run by Bill, of course), but I respect that the White House will stay the course and, unfortunately, continue this cycle of political disarray that has become the way our government operates. I am less excited about the prospect of a hardline Republican in cahoots with a Republican senate and house that repeals everything from health care (what a mess that would be) to women’s rights and goes hunting for Reagan-era economic policies in an era that has evolved so far beyond those antiquated structures that to go back would be tantamount to American economic suicide.
So yeah, I’m back on Trump again.