Former neurosurgeon and somnambulist presidential candidate Ben Carson has yet to realize any tangible victories in his dreamy quest for the White House, and reportedly told his supporters in a statement that he sees no “path forward” for his campaign. But instead of immediately suspending his campaign, as other 2016 hopefuls have done, Carson will instead hit the snooze button, skipping the next G.O.P. debate but not dropping out formally—at least, not yet.

Just hours after Carson released a video addressed to the “haters” calling on him to end his campaign, The Washington Post reported that the last-place candidate would announce Wednesday that he will not attend Thursday’s Republican debate after a disappointing finish in every Super Tuesday state. Instead, Republican sources told the Post, Carson will still make a scheduled appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, where he will deliver a speech about his political future.

What that future involves is unclear. The one-time Republican front-runner, who rose to prominence in 2013 after a fiery speech in which he condemned Obamacare with the president sitting just feet away, has lately become a punchline, issuing bizarre comments about bears and fruit salad that became short-lived Internet memes. In past weeks, Carson’s campaign has faced mounting criticism for its suspicious finances, including revelations that it spent $21.2 million on consultants in the fourth quarter of 2015. Dean Parker, who oversaw the campaign’s finances, reportedly received a $20,000-per-month salary before resigning in January. In a recent CNN interview, Carson openly mused that, “We had people who didn’t really seem to understand finances ... or maybe they did—maybe they were doing it on purpose."

So far, every other presidential also-ran has been straightforward in dropping out of the race. Then again, every other presidential also-ran never took time out of their campaigns to pick up fresh laundry and go on multi-day, lucrative book tours. It’s possible that Carson has yet another money-making book in him, though if it’s a self-help book on how to waste $50 million, it might not be a best-seller.