Romney Bows Out
 

From Yahoo!:

McCain seals GOP nod as Romney suspends
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney told conservatives.

"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Romney's decision leaves McCain as the top man standing in the GOP race, with Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul far behind in the delegate hunt. It was a remarkable turnaround for McCain, who some seven months ago was barely viable, out of cash and losing staff. The four-term Arizona senator, denied his party's nomination in 2000, was poised to succeed George W. Bush as the GOP standard-bearer.

Romney launched his campaign almost a year ago in his native Michigan. The former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist invested more than $40 million of his own money into the race, counted on early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire that never materialized and won just seven states on Super Tuesday, mostly small caucus states.

McCain took the big prizes of New York and California.

"This is not an easy decision for me. I hate to lose. My family, my friends and our supporters... many of you right here in this room... have given a great deal to get me where I have a shot at becoming President. If this were only about me, I would go on. But I entered this race because I love America."

McCain prevailed in most of the Super Tuesday states, moving closer to the numbers needed to officially win the nomination. Overall, McCain led with 707 delegates, to 294 for Romney and 195 for Huckabee. It takes 1,191 to win the nomination at this summer's convention in St. Paul, Minn.

"I disagree with Senator McCain on a number of issues, as you know. But I agree with him on doing whatever it takes to be successful in Iraq, on finding and executing Osama bin Laden, and on eliminating al-Qaida and terror," Romney said.

Romney acknowledged the obstacles to beating McCain.

"As of today, more than 4 million people have given me their vote for president, that's of course, less than Senator McCain's 4.7 million, but quite a statement nonetheless. Eleven states have given me their nod, compared to his 13. Of course, because size does matter, he's doing quite a bit better with the number of delegates he's got," Romney said...."

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Yay!! I heard this through through intel around 1030 today, before the press got a hold of it an hour or two later. I didn't even believe it until it kept popping up all over the place.

I'm at CPAC, and SO glad he finally bowed out. Now McCain can get on with getting the nomination AND the White House!!!

Now, if only Huckabee would quit the race...

Has anyone seen his family? They are an ad for gastric bypass for realz...

Buh-bye Mitt-en man.

Best news that I've had all day

Hilarious. And so so true.

There you go, I fixed that for ya.

Sorry, SEC.

:D

Good riddance to Romney.

Did anyone catch his bowing-out speech? It was the first time he really laid his cards on the table and proved he had the scary agenda so many of us suspected.

He did not speak about fixing roads or improving public education. He instead talked about making sure women can't have a basic medical procedure and making amendments to the Constitution to protect "moral values".

My favorite part was when he said Europe was in a crisis of existence because they had abandoned good moral values. A completely inaccurate and stupid statement. Racial strife in Europe has everything to do with classicism and an inherent hatred for the Islamic peoples who are moving there in droves to find a better life. And if Europeans have abandoned Christianity- we have a few hundred years of Vatican oppression to thank for leaving a bad taste in people's mouths.

Romney also implies in his remarks about strife in Europe that there must be a good and bad side. I guess the Muslims are the "bad side". Maybe that is why he was so ready and willing to throw millions of people whose skin is not white enough out of the US even though for decades we have ignored our own laws and let people come here and contribute to our economy.

This is why you don't need religious fanatics in charge of government. The government should be fixing roads, managing the money supply and defending the realm- not promulgating moral standards by which people are forced to live, and wasting taxpayer money to promote agendas that attempt to shape the minds of a free people.

Yesterday was a great day. Republicans and Democrats alike can breathe a sigh of relief.

Go EE-BO! I don't think we're completely on the same page politically, but the above statement definitely needed highlighting.

How so? I don't want my tax dollars going towards this family's general fatassiness.

Why not, given that he's been the only GOP candidate who has a chance of winning the general election?

I'm not a Republican and don't plan to vote for any Republican candidates, but in my opinion McCane stands the best chance of beating either Clinton or Obama. He is closer to the center than the other Republican candidates and will actually steal some of the Democratic votes. Romney could never have done that

I read an article the other day about Rush Limbaugh spending 3 hours on his show bashing McCain and talking about how he is less conservative than Clinton. Ann Coulter was on Fox News recently, on Hannity & Colmes, she said that if McCain wins the Republican nomination then she will not only vote for Clinton, she said that she would actually campaign for her as well. Limbaugh & Coulter do not seem to like McCain one bit.