There's a strong possibility that Ben Carson, former John Hopkins neurosurgeon, will run for president in 2016, the Washington Times reported Carson as saying on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Monday.
"Unless the American people indicate in November that they like big government intervention in every part of their lives, I think the likelihood is strong," said Carson.
Carson is first waiting to see what the results are in November, "because if the people indicate that truly do want a nation that is for, of and by the people, then I, along with I hope many other people, would be willing to give it everything we possibly have."
Staying true to his conservative roots, Carson said he hopes his primary voters will be individuals "who [love] America, who understand that we should place the Constitution on the top shelf, that we should not pick and choose who the winners and losers are in our society, and that we shouldn't pick and choose which laws we want to enforce, and those people who understand that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you in life is you."
But don't assign him a political party - Carson has said he doesn't prescribe to one, and if he did, it would be called the "Logic party." Carson reaffirmed this notion in his Hewitt interview, saying, "I will never be a politician. I will tell you that right off the bat."
Carson says instead of spending time worrying about "rookie mistakes," he believes in preparation. "And that's how my surgical career went. I prepared. And a lot of the times, there were situations where people say this has never been done before. So what?"
Credited with being the first surgeon to separate conjoined twins joined at the head, Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2008, and was shot into the presidential hopeful limelight after a 2013 speech at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Being the politically outspoken doctor that he is, one of the first major necessary healthcare overhauls according to him is that of the for-profit insurance industry.
Carson said in a 1996 interview, "The entire concept of for profits for the insurance companies makes absolutely no sense. 'I deny that you need care and I will make more money.' This is totally ridiculous. The first thing we need to do is get rid of for-profit insurance companies. We have a lack of policies and we need to make the government responsible for catastrophic health care."
