Ben Carson To Make "Major Announcement" May 4th In Detroit

So far, we have Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio announcing runs for the Republican nom for prez in 2016, with Scott Walker, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie stills waiting in the wings.

And yesterday, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said he will make a "major announcement" come May 4th in Detroit. Of course, we assume it will be HIS initial prez pitch.

The retired neurosurgeon has been traveling the nation over the past six months, giving paid speeches and meeting with supporters to gauge interest in a bid. He recently traveled to Iowa and New Hampshire, and spoke last weekend at the National Rifle Association's meeting in Tennessee.

Carson's relative political inexperience, however, hasn't turned him away from the campaign — if he runs, he'll look to make it an asset, framing himself as a common-sense alternative to the broken policies of Washington politicians.

Carson's inexperience has reared it's head by opening him up for criticism over several misstatements to the press.