Jonah Goldberg: A little over a year ago, when Ben Carson was gearing up to run for president, I whether he was ready for what lay ahead. We now have our answer: No.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus' effort to limit debates and curtail the primary schedule are well meaning, but they won't stop candidates from doing what they want in 2016.
But the big story that seemed to mostly sail under the radar was the embattled channel's hour-long, full-right-wing, all-out, let's-give-a-big-big-hug coronation later in the evening of Dr. Benjamin Carson, the famous neurosurgeon at Baltimore's Johns Hospital, who made headlines for what he had to say Feb. 7 at the National Prayer Breakfast.
The hiring of Cain, which was reported Friday, feels like an act of desperation, a move made in reaction to sinking ratings rather than one done as part of a larger vision.