Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Serious Question Date:   2/20/2014 8:53:49 AM

I like Ben Carson a lot and his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast with Obama in attendance was right on point although he paid a heavy price given the obvious IRS intimidation.  He has a good message and I would hate for him to enter politics where it would be drowned out by all sorts of calumny.  While as a private citizen he is protected from libelous statements about him once he enters politics it is fair game.  If he wants to go that route he needs to start at a level that would allow him to learn how government really works (by that I mean all its dysfunctions).  Don't reach too far.