His campaign manager is actually a business manager? He's collecting names and blowing most of his $ to do it?
And yes, he just decided to take 6-8 weeks off, as he leads polls? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Is Ben Carson Running for President?
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Carson is doing a lot of things that seem puzzling for a presidential campaign, but quite logical for a brand-building exercise. He is taking weeks off the campaign trail to go on a book tour. His campaign itself is structured much more like a scamming venture than a political one. An astronomical 69 percent of his fund-raising totals are spent on more fund-raising. (Bernie Sanders, by contrast, spends just 4 percent of his intake on fund-raising.) In addition to direct mail, Carson seems to have undertaken a massive phone-spamming operation. Spending most of your money to raise more money is not a good way to get elected president, but it is a good way to build a massive list of supporters that can later be monetized. Perhaps it is a giveaway that the official title for Armstrong Williams, the figure running the Carson campaign, is business manager,” as opposed to “campaign manager.” It does suggests that Carson is engaged in a for-profit venture.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/ben-carson-running-for-president.html
