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A damning report published last week in the Wall Street Journal indicated strongly that Dr. Ben Carson's presidential campaign has hit the skids, is in desperate need of competent leadership, and may be subject to abuse by unscrupulous campaign consultants. The majority of the campaign's donations, it was revealed, are being used to reach new donors. That misuse of financial resources led at least one donor to accuse the campaign of serving as a vehicle to line the pockets of Carson's operatives. When confronted by the Journal with these allegations, Carson's campaign spokesperson Doug Watts did not inspire confidence. "I don't know how much we've spent," he said. "That's something I hardly ever track." If this wasn't simply theatrics, this flippant response to grave allegations exposed either striking ineptitude or unprofessional indifference.

This tale of internal turmoil within the Carson campaign turned out not to be an isolated event. Instead, it was a sign of things to come.

"It costs 55 cents in the Carson campaign to raise a dollar. So if you look at, 'Oh, he raised $20 million, what is the net to the campaign?' Most of that is going out every month in consulting fees to these guys," Harold Doley, a former Reagan administration official who hosted a fundraiser for Carson in early October, alleged. 

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