People line up from the front of the Barnes and Noble bookstore to beyond the main mall entrance as Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson meets supporters at a book signing at the bookstore at the Hamilton Place Mall on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Read more
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Evelyn Hardin has lived through the tenures 17 U.S. presidents. On Sunday, she met the man who she hopes is next.
Hardin, 101, was one of hundreds who came to Barnes and Noble at Hamilton Place to meet retired neurosurgeon and U.S. presidential hopeful Ben Carson, a Republican who was in town to sign his new book, “A More Perfect Union.”
“I think he has a good chance to win because what he says makes a lot of sense,” said Hardin, a former teacher. “At this point in time, we need somebody to understand what’s happening in America, and I think he’s the proper one to come in at this time.”
If Sunday’s crowd was any indication, many Chattanoogans agree.