I guess team Cruz is the only campaign that watches CNN since only Cruz puts out the lie that Carson is dropping out. And of course it falls on team Cruz, not Ben Carson to announce that Ben Carson is dropping out of the race just moments before Iowa votes.
Someone else mentioned that other campaigns mentioned this as well but when I asked if there was a link to it I was told it was twitter chatter. It’s apparently not news if it’s done by a 2nd-tier candidate.
Carson’s people in NH had already dropped out to join the Cruz campaign and there are no campaign events listed on Carson’s official site - not in NH, not in SC, not anywhere. So Carson’s supporters have probably suspected - and still suspect - for some time that Carson would be dropping out. Not sure what the difference is, between dropping out and simply not campaigning. Seems like the latter is just stringing on your supporters to waste their votes.
Then again, maybe Carson thought he could revive if he made a big enough stink to bring down Cruz. A very honorable tactic, would you say?