THE BURNED OVER DISTRICT

A number of Republican presidential aintgonnabees threw their hats into the ring and announced officially that they were running for president. Ben Carson was so eager, he couldn't wait for his official announcement moment.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson told a Florida television station on Sunday that he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

"I'm willing to be part of the equation and, therefore, I'm announcing my candidacy for president of the United States of America," Carson said in an interview with CBS affiliate WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Carson, 63, who is popular with the conservative tea party movement, created an exploratory committee in March, which allowed him to begin raising money for a formal White House bid. He is expected to formally declare his candidacy at an event in Detroit on Monday.

Carly Fiorina hopes to fail up the next step to the presidency. Having failed as CEO of Lucent, HP and in her run for the Senate, this time she hopes for the biggest failure of her career.

Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina announced on Monday she is running for president, becoming the only woman in the pack of Republican candidates for the White House in 2016.

Once one of the most powerful women in the American corporate world, Fiorina announced her bid on ABC News' "Good Morning America" show.

“Yes, I am running for president. I think I'm the best person for the job because I understand how the economy actually works. I understand the world, who's in it, how the world works,” she said.

Fiorina registers near the bottom of polls of the dozen or so Republican hopefuls and has never held public office. Her announcement follows the entry on Sunday of neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a favorite of the Republican caucus’ conservative tea party.

And where would a Republican presidential campaign be without a certified godbothering Christohustler. Here Comes HuckaBooBoo!

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Tuesday entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, looking to break out from a widening field by drawing on the support of evangelical Christians who helped him win eight states in the 2008 primaries.

The ordained Baptist minister turned politician returned to his hometown of Hope, Arkansas — the same small town where former President Bill Clinton was born — to make official what the local newspaper called "the worst kept secret" in the state.

Touting his credentials as governor and recounting his upbringing in Hope, Huckabee told hundreds of supporters gathered for the announcement, "I am a candidate for president of the United States of America."

In a strategy aimed at working-class conservatives, Huckabee and his aides said his second run would position him as an economic populist and foreign affairs hawk who holds deeply conservative views on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage.

Yes, Mike is a working class kid of guy. When he fails he will probably go back to handling snakes and asking his listeners to send money for his new Gulfstream. And all together their announcements were seen by about as many people as the Golf Channel's Monday morning Improve Your Drive show. At least the late night comedians will have something to talk about.