what do you know? well, he benefited for the longest time from flying under the radar but now he s to coin a phrase somewhere over the radar. now he is suddenly getting very, very closely examined, his present, his past, the statements that he makes, that kind of thing and he clearly does not like that to the point that he s saying, let s move on. and you of course have bernie sanders playing his game which is to say let s not dwell about the past, let s talk about policies, that kind of thing, which is bernie sanders really saying, oh, yeah, pile on him. well, you know, and then we heard a little clip of sound from carson a little bit earlier in the show where he said, do you know what, i don t see this happening to other people. they are not getting this kind of scrutiny. is that true, though? it seems like there has been plenty of scrutiny could go around. well, yeah. as a matter of fact, i think what ben carson is trying to say is that somehow he is being singled out. i think
mara lawson and and charles krauthammer. okay, maura, a weekend of carson talk and all this back and forth about the bio, how much effect it s going to have. seems like he s turned the corner, at least on the media narrative, in republican circles. we haven t seen any negative effects of this on carson. he made a very strong attack on the media. he called it a witch hunt. he said the secular progressive movement is afraid of me, that s why this is happening. and he raised $3.5 million. so a backlash for him to benefit him. you do see the race pretty clear tiers. carson and trump one tier, the top tier, and then rubio and cruz, bush close behind. and that s you know, that s the structure of the race right now. the big question is trump is the only candidate who has talked about the carson problems. no one else has touched it with a ten-foot poll except you heard chris christie say you should answer the questions. carson i mean trump went after carson and we ll see if he
a big threat he says to hillary clinton and the secular progressive movement. along with all the new scrutiny comes abigger press corps. one has a foetso spread describing the maryland home as a temple to himself, including a painting of the candidate with jesus. ben carson expects a lot more questions and he ll get some of them tuesday at the next republican debate. he told me he s scheduled just a half a day of prep, adding life is preparation. just another way that this is an unconventional candidacy. thank you, chris jansing. joining me is betty woodrun for the daily beast and jonathan allen. good day. thanks for joining me. b betsy, what s your assessment of the controversy and how long will it last? it s complicated. this tends to only happen to ben carson, not only because he s drawn under scrutiny but also
now and i think the american people are starting to see through this. i m incredibly gratified that they are. where we have the wagons being circled because they feel that they re under attack, the secular progressive movement. they don t like the fact that the people are actually starting to say, wait a minute, this is america, and we have our set of values and we re willing to stand up for them. when people like me represent that kind of voice, boy, are they getting concerned. one of the worst, most vicious, racist attacks was made by this woman. when i first saw it, i was really angry. then i started thinking about this. my anger s justified. has anybody ever said that about barack obama? don t you think there would be widespread coverage of that and that there would be condemnation from all corners of people that judge people by the content of their character.
and we are in a situation right now and i think the american people are starting to see through this. i m incredibly gratified that they are. where we have the wagons being circled because they feel that they re under attack, the secular progressive movement. they don t like the fact that the people are actually starting to say, wait a minute, this is america, and we have our set of values and we re willing to stand up for them. when people like me represent that kind of voice, boy, are they getting concerned. one of the worst, most vicious, racist attacks was made by this woman. when i first saw it, i was really angry. then i started thinking about this. my anger s justified. has anybody ever said that about barack obama? don t you think there would be widespread coverage of that and that there would be condemnation from all corners of people that judge people by the content of