Ben Carson's Free-Falling Campaign Loses Top 2 Staffers
By Sandy Fitzgerald and Greg Richter / NEWSMAX

Ben Carson's campaign manager and communications director both
resigned Thursday morning, just a month away from the Iowa Caucuses, in a
surprise move that could shake up the campaign as his poll numbers
continue their downhill slide.
Communications Director Doug Watts, in a statement to
The Des Moines Register,
confirmed that he and Campaign Manager Barry Bennett had stepped down,
effective immediately. Further, Bennett told The Washington Post that
more resignations are likely, as the internal stresses within the Carson
campaign are forcing people to reconsider their support.
"We respect the candidate and we have enjoyed helping him go from far
back in the field to top tier status, having just announced raising $23
million for the fourth quarter, more than any other Republican
candidate, and passing one million contributions and over 600 million
unique donors," Watts said in the statement. "Since March, we are proud
of our efforts for Dr. Carson and we wish him and his campaign the best
of luck."
Carson was once ahead of front-runner Donald Trump in the Iowa polls,
but his popularity started to slip after questions about his foreign
policy experience. His poll ranking was at 28 percent at its highest
point in October, but according to an early December poll among Iowa's
likely caucus growers, the retired neurosurgeon's ratings dropped by 15
percentage points.