AllahPundit of Hotair made this observation:
He’s a phenomenon on the right, but it’s completely unrealistic, needless to say, for a total political novice to contend seriously for a presidential nomination, even one as personally accomplished as Carson.
Senator is a more likely bet, but Carson has the misfortune of living in one of the most reliably blue states in America.
Maryland hasn’t sent a Republican to the Senate in more than 25 years. Ben Cardin just got reelected and Barbara Mikulski isn’t up again until 2016 — and she’s never drawn less than 60 percent in a Senate race. Could be that she’ll retire before her next term (she’s 76 now), but Democratic turnout in Maryland will be strong in ’16 no matter who the nominee is since it’s a presidential election year. He could, of course, move across the border to Virginia and take his chances there, but the next Senate election is in 2014 against Mark Warner — who won with 65 percent of the vote last time. Second look at running for the House instead?
I would think conservatives would like to know more about a candidate before they supported them. Then again, there were some wanting Scott Brown for Prez before he was even a Senator.
He could run third party and probably do very well. He is a registered independent.