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DURHAM, N.H. — With all due respect to Donald Trump — who is, like, a really smart person, OK? — there is little doubt about which of the two candidates currently leading in the polls would win the Republican presidential nomination if the matter were being settled by an IQ test.
Put it this way: Around the time Trump was hatching plans to build a $4 million artificial waterfall in front of his soon-to-be hemorrhaging Atlantic City casino, Carson was performing the first-ever successful separation of twins conjoined at the head.
During a swing through the New Hampshire Seacoast region on Wednesday, Carson — who has never sought political office before — demonstrated a wide range of knowledge on national and world issues, at one point elucidating the differences between the YPG and PKK Kurdish factions as effortlessly as if he were explaining the groundbreaking surgery techniques that he once helped develop.
And like many intellectually gifted people, Carson tends to stand out from the crowd for another reason: He’s kind of an odd guy.
While Trump often appears to be playing a character, Carson — who’s currently second in national polls — doesn’t have to pretend.
First, Carson has a penchant for wading earnestly into the realm of paranoia that is more commonly found on your estranged great-uncle’s Facebook page than on the presidential campaign trail.
To take just one example, last year Carson outlined his concern to Fox News’ Chris Wallace that the 2016 election might not take place at all, because the impending anarchy in the U.S. would preclude it.
