Two Background Players Join The 2016 Fray: Carly Fiorina And Ben Carson

There must be something in the air on the outer rings of the Republican Party. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina both chose Monday to announce they are running for president, even though neither has ever won a state or federal election. Carson (unlike Fiorina) is relatively popular among Republicans. With a +28 percent net favorability rating, Carson is in the neighborhood of Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz (and far above Chris Christie).

But once you look at the fundamentals of his candidacy, his similarity with Fiorina becomes more clear. Both have a better chance of being re-hired (or hired in the case of Carson) to run Hewlett-Packard than winning the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Every indicator of primary success is against them. CONT.

Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight

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