Here’s the timeline newgeezer came up with, once he got the twitter times all consistent (he’s in IA but the twitter times initially showed Pacific times, so the twitter times do apparently sometimes get mixed up):
Yesterday, 6:43 PM CST Chris Moody CNN tweets Carson is going home for a couple days’ rest.
6:56 PM Spence Rogers (Cruz campaign) email “Carson Likely to Drop Out”
7:05 PM Jason Osborne (Carson campaign) tweets Carson “Not suspending — getting fresh clothes then back out Wednesday”
7:08 PM CNN tweets Carson to take a break from campaigning (tinyurl.com/j8pbmo8)
7:13 PM Spence Rogers (Cruz campaign) email “CNN Reporting Ben Carson Will Stop Campaigning After Iowa”
7:19 PM Steve King tweets Carson is “Skipping NH & SC is the equivalent of suspending”
7:20 PM Steve King tweets “Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote.”
Today, 2:09 PM: Steve King tweets “I respect Ben Carson & regret any miscommunications.