The Bench Jockeys

March 7, 2015 – Not one week after The Bench Jockeys released their odds on prospective candidates winning their respective party’s nominations, we already have some changes to make.  Marco Rubio’s poor support at CPAC costs him a bit in our eyes and Scott Walker’s strong showing gives him a boost as we see it.  We expected Ted Cruz to best Walker (which did not happen) and Walker almost toppled Rand Paul in the CPAC straw poll.  As a result, Cruz also slides a smidgen.

However the big story on the Republican side of the aisle was the scuttle-butt from Dr. Carson’s assertions that doing time can  change a man’s sexual orientation.  Are they teaching that now in med school?  I think they might be bringing the leeches back too.

Although quick to apologize, the content of Carson’s mea culpa was not the prescription he needed.  Consequently, we are dropping him down quite a few pegs to the third tier of possible nominees.  Reluctant to announce in the first place, the good doctor may now be rethinking the whole thing, especially as every word he utters will now be parsed by the media.

The beneficiary to Carson’s slip-up may actually be Rubio since the Carson and Rubio camps are not too far apart on many issues.  As a result, we only slightly decreased Marco’s odds in spite of the CPAC straw poll numbers.  Check out this link for the most current odds at  http://thebenchjockeys.com/?p=1556