Ben Carson's bizarre campaign crew

[Mr. Morden]

In addition to Carson business manager Armstrong Williams, best known for having secretly taken a $250,000 payment from the Bush administration to promote No Child Left Behind, Carson has a number of unorthodox choices in his political orbit:

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[Mr. Morden]

Vernon Robinson is involved in Carson's campaign?  Oh dear...

Between Williams and Robinson, Carson 2016 is becoming a make-work program for black Republicans.  Who's next?  Oldiesfreak?

[Mr. Morden]

What exactly is Carson's appeal, I mean I would think Ted Cruz would have the far-right locked up, is it because of his "outsider" status?

I'd imagine Carson would be siphoning mainly from Cruz's base.

But I would think they would find Cruz more viable or polished than a some-dude who decided that he wants to play president

I don't know.  You'll have to take it up with the voters of New Hampshire.  Carson outperforms Cruz among all demographic groups in that poll, with the exception of self-described "very conservative" voters, who split evenly between Carson and Cruz.