Mitt Romney is Unelectable and I think the Republicans Know It

Rick Santorum - (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Its fun to hypothesize about where the Republican party goes from here with the sudden departure of Rick Santorum from the race.

Clearly, short of some stunning revelation completely disparaging Mitt Romney, he is certain to be the Republican presidential nominee running against Barack Obama.

That being said, there is a theory floating around more liberal circles, that Rick Santorum left the race to position himself to run in 2016 should Mitt Romney lose the 2012 Presidential election.  In reality this isn’t very far fetched.

Mitt Romney is one of the weaker candidates that either party has put forward in many years.  A case could be made that his frontrunner status was achieved by simply out-fundraising and outspending his competitors.

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Santorum Out, Mitt Romney...Last Man Standing, Almost

You just have to love the Republicans and the absolute disfunction they operate under and the disdain the candidates have for each other.

Rick Santorum at Exit Speech

Rick Santorum decided to suspend his campaign today culminating with a 14 minute speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Ironically...or maybe not so ironically, Santorum did not endorse Mitt Romney.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus issued this statement on Santorum's decision to suspend his campaign:

"Today, Senator Santorum has made a commendable decision. He has decided to put his country, party, and desire to defeat President Obama ahead of any personal ambition. I applaud his decision and congratulate him on the campaign he has run."

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney's campaign issued their own statement on Santorum's decision:

"Senator Santorum is an able and worthy competitor, and I congratulate him on the campaign he ran. 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."

In a classic narcissistic fashion, Newt Gingrich says, "I think it makes it clearer that there's a conservative, named Newt Gingrich, and there's Mitt Romney, I have a great, great respect for how hard Rick worked, he was the personification of courage."

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Obama Comments on Obamacare Case Currently Before the Supreme Court

President Barack Obama

April 2, 2012

During a press conference at the White House attended by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, President Barack Obama issued a bold statement to the Justices of the Supreme Court regarding his healthcare initiative, the Affordable Care Act, also know as "Obamacare".

Obama stated, "I'm confident this (Obamacare) will be upheld because it should be upheld". He went on to say that overturning the law would be "an unprecedented and extraordinary step", comparing a rejection of the law to judicial activism.

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Did Santorum Call President Obama the "N" Word?

Republican Preidential Candidate Rick Santorum

In a speech before supporters in Janesville, Wisconson just days before the Republican primary Rick Santorum has seemingly put his foot in his mouth for what may be the final time.

Mr. Santorum appears to have called President Obama a "government nig", and then immediately changing the direction of his speech to stop himself.

A brief video of the section of the speech in question is available below.

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