Ben Carson is going to leave the flamboyance to Donald Trump in the next GOP debate. The rising Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon tells The Hill that his performance on September 16 is going to look a lot like his last, despite comments then that his quiet approach got lost in the shuffle. "I won't change," Carson told The Hill.
I've heard people say, "You have to have more fire." They want me to stomp and bang my fists, but that's not who I am. I'm a calm and rational person. You have to be that way as a neurosurgeon. [Carson via The Hill]
Read the full profile on Carson over at The Hill.
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