Team Carson plots path out of biography battles
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Perhaps "happy" isn't the best word, but the Ben Carson campaign is at least confident it has weathered the quick-forming storm over questionable details in Carson's various autobiographical writings.
"We're going to have a more-than-$10-million month again," said Barry Bennett, Carson's campaign manager, in a phone conversation Sunday night. "We're at four million already."
Bennett noted that after the campaign raised $10.8 million in October, media attacks on Carson appear to have spurred supporters to give even more. In recent days Carson has received more than 80,000 new contributions — that is, from people who have not given to Carson before, Bennett said. He also said Carson has added more than 160,000 new likes on Facebook.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I was wondering how much I could pay CNN to do another hit piece," Bennett said. "The Politico piece is probably helping even more."