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Conservatives Flocking To Ben Carson Fan Club

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At a conservative conference in New Orleans, avid supporters of Dr. Ben Carson organize in hopes of prodding the acclaimed neurosurgeon into running for President.

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They call themselves “the Carson-ologists,” like the Kremlinogists of the Cold War.

Their task: parsing the public statements of Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon who conservatives desperately want to run for president.

“We listen very carefully.

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