“15 minutes BEFORE caucus doors opened, CNN was dropping hints that Carson might be dropping out and was not going to NH or SC.”
Regardless even though I don’t think it was his fault he apologized for it today.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/02/politics/ted-cruz-ben-carson-apology/index.html
Wow, that was big of him. They were caught with their pants down. How long did it take them to apologize? And apologies aren't the only consequence for many actions in or society. This was a form of voter fraud, telling voters that a candidate had withdrawn from the race.