Ben Carson: Rent-seeking Scam Artist.

Between the obvious rent-seeking, incompetence, lack of actual campaigning, and lack of command of pretty much every political issue while continuing to run for office where exactly is Ben Carson's much touted integrity and character? He has also developed a issue with blaming others for his own incompetence.  After blaming Ted Cruz for passing on a CNN report indicating that Carson had suspended his campaign, Carson is now blaming staff for his "campaign" being nearly out of money.  

For those unaware, Carson's "campaign" has raised tons of money and poured almost all of it back into additional fundraising.  Serious candidates do not do that because they need the money for campaigning.  But for Carson, when it comes time to actually campaign, he needs time away to rest and get fresh clothes.  Basically he isn't running a campaign, he is rent-seeking.  The campaign is nothing more than a massive fundraising scheme.  The peculiar nature of his "campaign's" finances has been noted since the middle of last year (see here, here, and here). In light of that, the current "campaign" shake-up is a terribly hollow and self-serving gesture.  Carson either knew or should have known about that issue for a long time now.  Passing the buck by blaming, now former, staff is a pathetic lack of leadership.  

At this point Ben Carson needs to apologize to his supporters and suspend his "campaign."  He isn't a leader.  His lack of knowledge on pretty much every issue makes Donald Trump look like a policy wonk.  He has no chance of winning a single state or even of finishing any higher than last or next to last. The big-time party donors aren't going to bail him out as they are going to flock to Marco Rubio.  At most, some might toss him a just enough money to keep him going in hope that his continued presence helps the establishment block Ted Cruz by siphoning off enough votes to help Rubio leapfrog Cruz.  Instead of doing the right thing and bowing out, Carson intends to keep fleecing his small-time donors so he can keep his campaign/fundraiser/book tour going.  Such integrity.