Rick Santorum backed from the primaries and made way for Romney to face Obama

 

United States, April 10, 2012

 

Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate to face Barack Obama on the elections this year after Senator Rick Santorum announced today that he is off the Republican primaries.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we made the decision to get into this race around our kitchen table, against all the odds,” Santorum told a news conference, flanked by emotional family members. “We made a decision over the weekend that while the presidential race for us is over, and I will suspend my campaign effective today, we are not done fighting.”

Sources said Santorum called Romney before his announcement, and the two could meet soon. One source indicated Romney wanted Santorum’s endorsement, but there was no indication that would happen after what has been a tough and at times bitter campaign.

“Sen. Santorum is an able and worthy competitor, and I congratulate him on the campaign he ran,” Romney said in a statement. “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.”