4. Ben Carson: B
Economic Liberty: B
Personal Liberty: C+
Foreign Policy: B+
Honesty: B+
Ben Carson sounds like someone who is fairly conservative, but the fact that he has no political experience whatsoever is a large hindrance to him developing a coherent ideology. There is no doubt that Dr. Carson is extremely intelligent and well-versed in his area of practice (brain surgery), but it is likely that one of the reasons he has not been able to articulate his ideas very well is because it is not something that he has ever had to do before.
His statements concerning increasing gun control in urban areas, mandating vaccines, marijuana being a “gateway” drug and gay people in general make more sense if you view them as if they were discussed in the context of a “water cooler” conversation rather than in a presidential campaign. Carson does deserve credit for generally speaking in favor of the free market and against excessive foreign interventionism and the NSA spying program, but it just so often appears that he is in over his head.
