Carson has to get real and leave.
Yeah, Carson is a smart enough guy but he just doesn’t have what it takes for politics.
Add to Carson, in no particular order:
Huckabee
Christie
Paul
Perry
Once those guys leave, it is Walker, Bush, Cruz and Rubio. I'd be happy with any combination that left Bush as merely an ex-Governor and the son and brother of Presidents.
I could easily live with Walker/Cruz, though I crave Cruz as President like I craved Reagan - and for the same reasons. Walker has something that Cruz doesn't, which is executive experience in the government. It isn't fatal, of course, not in the primaries or the general election (esp. against either Cankles or Fauxcahontas, as neither of them has any, either). However, after the Obama years, people will, I believe, want someone with actual executive experience vs. merely being a Senator...though Cruz the Senator is leagues above Obama the "present" Senator, both in time,quality of experience and leadership.
But, anyway, this was really great news - people that can't win nationally are losing ground or are so far behind as to be effectively dead, and Cruz is skyrocketing. I gave him money yesterday, and I look forward to giving him more as time passes.