Now that Ben Carson has risen to the top of the polls, it won't be long before his rivals start looking for his weak spots. Carson's Achilles heel, Politico predicts, will likely be his glaring self-contradiction:
Ben Carson calls abortion murder but thinks states should decide whether it's legal. The retired neurosurgeon says it's wrong to accuse fellow Americans of treason, yet suggested President Barack Obama could be guilty of the crime. He advocates severe punishment as a deterrent for health care fraud, yet helped secure a lighter sentence for a convicted schemer.On issue after issue, Carson’s positions conflict, a collection of statements, assertions, and pronouncements that are often out of step with a conservative electorate whose support has driven him to the top of the polls. [Politico]
Read the full story on Carson's consistency problem over at Politico.
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