Gingrich Is Getting Out of the Way

Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that he would retire his run for the White House and that he had told Mitt Romney he would give him his full endorsement. —ARK

The New York Times:

At an appearance in North Carolina, Mr. Gingrich conceded that Mitt Romney would be the party’s nominee and suggested that he would leave the race in the next several days.

“I think you have to at some point be honest with what’s happening in the real world, as opposed to what you’d like to have happened,” Mr. Gingrich said, according to a brief report in The National Journal.

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“A Republican turnout, especially among conservatives, is key to stopping an Obama second term,” a Gingrich campaign spokesman said.