What in the world is happening to Ben Carson’s presidential campaign?

Four senior aides have quit. Political action committees designed to raise money for the candidate are raising dough against him.

This doesn’t look good for the TEA party darling.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ben-carson%e2%80%99s-2016-campaign-rocked-as-top-aides-depart/ar-BBkKqsZ

Honest to goodness, this disappoints me.

I really want Carson — the renowned neurosurgeon — to stay the course. I want him in the crowded field of Republican Party presidential candidates. I want him to mix it up with the more seasoned pols who are lined up alongside him in the race to defeat presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the autumn of 2016.

Is it because I like his ideas? Umm, no.

It is because I want to see this man test the system that seems to reward veteran politicians and seems to discriminate against novices. (As an aside, allow me to add that another possible GOP novice, Donald Trump, fits into a category all by himself; therefore, he’s exempt from my charitable view of presidential campaign newcomers.)

Here’s how the Washington Post reported the tumult within the Carson campaign: “Carson is a hot commodity on the right-wing speaking circuit and has fast become a leading candidate, winning straw votes at conservative gatherings and rising in public polls.

“But his campaign has been marked by signs of dysfunction and amateurism, alarming supporters who privately worry that Carson’s sprawling circle of boosters is fumbling his opportunity. And, they argue, the candidate has been nonchalant about the unrest.”

My advice to Dr. Carson is that he’d better get less nonchalant and more engaged if he’s seriously running for the presidency of the United States.

His TEA party faithful are counting on him. So are those of us who want to see a political amateur make a dent in the good ol’ boy system.