Carson has gone on a bit of a nutjob period lately. I get that he's ultra-religious, but comments about the pyramids being built by David for grain storage and the like, are simply eroding his credibility left and right. My guess is that his campaign will implode before the new year.
Polls now don't mean too much, but nearly every one of them has Hillary edging out would-be GOP candidates. The right/wrong VP pick is still out there to be made too...and as we saw with Palin, that could be huge as well. It's all far from over, so any poll numbers now are a bit superfluous, unless you're so low that you shouldn't even consider it.
I don't like it either, but I just can't see a good combo that will overtake Hillary in a general election. A lot of the younger generation is simply CONDITIONED to vote for her. Case in point. My household. The three people in their 20's were all for Hillary, as was my wife. I asked them why. They really couldn't tell me. I said, do me a favor. Visit this site,
http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm and read where she stands on the issues, and compare it to others. See who you agree with. Also, see where they stood back during the last election. Who has changed their view? Why did they change it?
None of them are going to vote for Hillary now. (small victory) Doesn't mean they all switched to the same, but it doesn't really matter as the lesson was learned. Educate yourself. Don't vote blind. I don't care if you agree with me, but for damnsakes, make sure you at least know what you're choosing.
But, this shows that without educating themselves, the voters are defaulted to this idea of choosing a female President. Hillary is seen as a bitch, but as one that gets things done. When really, she isn't. In fact, what she IS good at, is making mistakes. Not to mention being bought and paid for by corporations who routinely sell us out to the Chinese and the Middle East. But, this media image everyone has of her, coupled with the same media image of her hubby being the last "cool" President, is going to matter to younger voters. Likewise, the proportionately larger factions of the population that typically vote Dem are going to continue this trend.
Conservatives ignore it at their own peril.
You may think Jeb is out, but I'll go out on a limb and say nope. Carson is going to implode, and eventually Trump will either be edged out by the RNC (because he won't play NWO ball) or he'll leave to run independently when it's apparent he won't get the nomination. That's going to leave Jeb and Rubio. And that's why I see a Bush/Rubio ticket. Which has Hillary picking a Hispanic VP choice, i.e. Julian Castro.