Well, the GOP's 2016 vice-presidential candidate has made it official, telling Hugh Hewitt Monday that the odds of his faking a run for the higher office "are reasonably good," meaning they're absolutely certain. First, though, he "want[s] to make sure that it’s clearly something my fellow Americans want me to do." Like a Baptist praying for guidance about something he has already decided on, Dr. Carson, I quite strongly suspect, will discover his fellow Americans are just wild about Ben.
Politico notes that he "offer[ed] insight into who his voting base would be." His insight makes clear that he's got the bullshit thing down pat:
I hope it’s going to be that individual who loves America, who understands that we should place the Constitution on the top shelf, that we should not pick and choose who the winners and losers are in our society, and that we shouldn’t pick and choose which laws we want to enforce, and those people who understand that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you in life is you.
A bold declaration--Carson wants only Americans who love America, respect the U.S. Constitution, etc. etc.--but not nearly as thrilling as, "You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery."
A most serious man.