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Ben Carson: token candidate

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imageCarson smiles at the CNBC GOP debate. Rick Wilking/REUTERS

Ben Carson has now overtaken Donald Trump in the national polls as the GOP front-runner.

As a black man, I’m not at all sure how I should feel about this.

On the one hand, he represents a party that has dedicated itself to opposing President Obama at every turn, mostly because the pres...

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