CARSON ENDORSES TRUMP – AT 9:27 A.M. ET:  As was leaked yesterday, Dr. Ben Carson this morning endorsed Donald Trump.  And his reasoning?  Read on.  From the Washington Examiner: 

Dr. Ben Carson officially announced his endorsement of Donald Trump Friday morning, one week after he suspended his presidential campaign.

"Some people have said, well, why would you get behind a man like Donald Trump?'" Carson told reporters alongside Trump. "I've come to know Donald Trump over the last few years. He is actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about America."

"There are two different Donald Trumps. there's the one you see on the stage, and there's the one who's very cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully, you can have a very good conversation with him, and that's the Donald Trump that you're going to start seeing more and more of right now," Carson said.

The famed neurosurgeon made his announcement during a press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. The endorsement arrives only four days before the winner-take-all primary states begin voting on Tuesday, which includes Ohio and Florida, where Carson lives.

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Of their past fighting during the campaign, Carson added, "We buried the hatchet."

"Some people said, but, well, you know, he said terrible things about you. How could you support him? First of all, we buried the hatchet," Carson said. "That was political stuff. And that happens in American politics. The politics of personal destruction, all that, it's not something that I particularly believe in or anything that I get involved in. But I do recognize it is a part of the process. We move on, because it's not about me, it's not about Mr. Trump. It's about America, and this is what we have to be thinking about."

COMMENT:  I see a vice-presidential nomination here, don't you?  And it would be a brilliant choice.  Trump would say that, with Ben Carson, a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, America's children will have a place at the table. 

If that happens, it will be fascinating.  I look forward to seeing how this plays out.  

March 11,  2016