But he's stood by other comments: arguing that a Muslim president would feel compelled to obey Sharia (Islamic law), not American law suggesting that the Nazis wouldn't have been able to carry out the Holocaust if German Jews had been armed or equating abortion and slavery. The retired director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital has expressed regret for some of the jaw-dropping things he's said-like suggesting serving time in prison can make you gay. As Trump's shock-and-awe campaign transfixes the media and the chattering classes, the mild-mannered Marylander, 64, has been quietly building support among conservative voters with his unorthodox and decidedly un-PC appeal.

The doctor's surge has been as stunning as it has been stealthy. After creeping up behind Trump in national polls this fall, Carson has now pulled even or surged ahead in two of the latest surveys, and is leading several polls in Iowa. Despite their stylistic differences, Carson and Trump are blazing much the same insurgent path in the GOP primary. Two and a half years later, Carson is running for president and doing very well, a political outsider as laid-back as real estate mogul Donald Trump is in your face. If you don't think that can happen to America, you get out your books and you start reading.' Ben Carson's Life Story Rests on a Deep Adventist FaithД¬arson also took shots at what he called the politically correct media for 'crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.' He declared the country is in a death spiral like the one that preceded the collapse of the Roman Empire: 'Moral decay, fiscal irresponsibility. But conservative commentators glommed on to his rant against Obamacare, which came with the president of the United States seated just a few feet from Carson. Most of his remarks focused on his remarkable life story, rising from a Detroit ghetto to become one of the world's most celebrated surgeons. With that opener, it's not surprising Carson's 27-minute speech prompted hosannas as well as head scratching. puts aside the feuding, at least until the orange juice and coffee have been cleared. He was speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual affair that's usually the opposite of edgy-a brief bit of bonhomie (contrived at times) when D.C.

A devout Christian, Carson is surely aware of the proverb about good intentions and the road to hell. 'Now it's not my intention to offend anyone,' renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson told a crowd of dignitaries assembled at the Washington Hilton Hotel in 2013.

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