Mitt Romney will drop out of the Republican presidential race during his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday, FOX News has confirmed.
Romney is “suspending” his campaign and will say so “during his speech,” a top aide told FOX News.
Romney has steadily lost ground over the past few weeks to John McCain, whose victories on Super Tuesday made a comeback for Romney extremely difficult.
Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin, who reported that Romney would quit on his blog The Page, told FOX News, “The race was mathematically and politically mostly over before now.”
McCain is leading Romney by more than 3-1 in the delegate count, and Romney also was losing ground to Mike Huckabee, who picked up nearly as many victories as he did on Super Tuesday.
“One of the biggest barriers to Mitt Romney becoming the nominee was Mike Huckabee,” Halperin said. “I don’t think Huckabee stands much of a chance to overtake McCain either, but he certainly stood in Mitt Romney’s way.”
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