Santorum Suspends His Presidential Campaign

The fat lady just sang.
Rick Santorum, the only remaining opponent to Mitt Romney, has withdrawn from the Republican presidential campaign, saying, "This presidential campaign is over for me."
He suspended instead of ending his campaign so that his campaign committee can continue to collect contributions to pay off his remaining campaign debt, and perhaps to transfer funds to a new registered committee, because Santorum made it clear that he is not disappearing from the GOP scene, only from the presidential race.
His remarks, made at Gettysburg, a site dear to all Americans, and especially to Republicans, because it was there that the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, made his immortal Gettysburg Address, quoting the Declaration of Independence and challenging Americans then embroiled in the Civil War to prove that their country would survive.
Santorum made a similar appeal today, asking that America's political leaders take to heart the needs of all Americans, remembering that America is unique only for as long as she remembers how she was founded and who she is. In his speech, Rick Santorum reflected on the values of liberty and freedom that make all Americans special and said he will remain in the fight to keep those values alive so that America can be and remain great.
Importantly, Santorum also committed himself to helping defeat President Obama in November, thus putting aside any thought of his heading a splinter right wing effort to defeat Romney.
He stopped short of endorsing Romney, but that will come in due course, after the two men and their staffs have sorted out Santorum's role in the Romney campaign.
So, Mitt Romney must now turn his effort to the Fall Campaign against President Obama. It signals not only the honing of his message but also the beginning of a serious campaign to raise the money needed to fight Obama's more than $300 Million war chest, money raised and saved because he had no primary opponents and so didn't need to spend money to defeat them.
It is now also important that every Republican get behind Mitt Romney. He needs the GOP rank and file in his corner as he sets out to bring in independent voters and conservative Democrat voters.
The campaign has begun. Bravo Mr. Santorum!
May I add, "Mr. Gingrich, step up to the plate and do likewise."