It was a dreary day in Washington and, in the minds of the six people gathered in the Bullfinch room in the bowels of the Grand Hyatt hotel on H Street, it has been a dreary six years for the country. This week, they are making plans to change that. They are the friends and associates of Ben Carson, the pediatric neurosurgeon with a Horatio Alger story that has captured the hearts of conservatives, and who now says he might run for president. That announcement would come in just six months, on May 1. As Carson travels the country delivering...
