Rick Santorum announced today the presidential race "is over for me." The sweater vest-loving former senator from Pennsylvania officially suspended his campaign after weeks of hitting road blocks on the campaign trail.
"We made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race is over for me, and we will suspend this campaign effective today, we are not done fighting," Santorum told reporters in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He said he made the decision with his family over the weekend after the latest hospitalized of his youngest daughter, Bella.
After losing a handful of primary elections last week, Santorum declared it was only "halftime" in the GOP race. The possibility of losing his home state of Pennsylvania in the upcoming primary, also could have been a motivating factor to drop out now.
With Santorum out, it puts Mitt Romney on a likely track to secure the GOP nomination. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul remain holdouts in the race.
Santorum didn't drop Romney's name or offer up any endorsement. Instead he stressed his own success "against all odds" in his speech.
On his website, Romney congratulated Santo for being "an able and worthy competitor." The statement said, "He has proven himself to be an important voice in our party and in the nation. We both recognize that what is most important is putting the failures of the last three years behind us and setting America back on the path to prosperity."
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This is such a thinly veiled political maneuver. Anyone with an active brain stem can see that Santorum got out now so he wouldn't suffer the embarrassment of losing his home state of Pennsylvania to Romney, which would have effectively ended Santorum's chances at the 2016 nomination. As it stands now, he's "next in line" for the Republican nomination in '16, just as Romney was next in line this time. The only person that could stand in Santorum's way in 2016 is whoever the Vice-Presidential nominee becomes.
Santorum doesn't have any political credibility to lose. Santorum's distressed emotions 0f rage and fear of President Obama is unwise and senseless. Santorum is foolish. absurd and ridiculous. Women will remember in November 2016. Santorum should try Dancing with the Stars...........
Santorum got out because he hates blahs and nigamericans
If Santorums hatred toward Gays was directed to Blacks or Jews, he would have been drummed out of the race the first week. Wake up! he's no different than HITLER !!!!