Ben Carson suspends his 2016 presidential campaign
The retired neurosurgeon said he looked at the delegate count, "did the math" and "simply realized it wasn't going to happen"Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson announced Friday that he's suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
"There's a lot of people who love me, they just won't vote for me," Carson said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Carson said he decided to drop out after he looked at the current delegate count, "did the math" and "simply realized it wasn't going to happen."
"If that's the case, I didn't want to interfere with the process," he added.
The conservative physician had his moment in the spotlight in 2015, but after the primary race began in earnest in January, Carson fell seriously behind. The outsider candidate failed to garn...