And then there were 4: GOP Primary

With the news of Texas governor Rick Perry dropping out of the Republican Primary, the former Republican clusterfuck has been left to a four horse race.

Romney, Gingrich, Paul and Santorum remain in the running.

Currently, I would say it is clearly Romney in the lead. He won (contested) Iowa, definitively won New Hampshire and is the straw poll leader in South Carolina. It is safe to say that with a few more states under his belt, Romney can all but walk away from this thing as the winner.

So, any conservative out there who dislikes Romney for whatever reason, it is time to follow my esteemed colleague Chris Talone and begin to make sacrifices.

Chris is and has been a Rick Santorum supporter since the beginning. But in a conversation with him earlier today, he said he wants Santorum out of the running, and for him to throw his support to Newt Gingrich, similar to what Rick Perry did earlier today.

As a supporter of Santorum, one might ask why he would want Santorum to drop out. The answer is simple, and also very telling.

Chris is so against Romney, that he would rather see his candidate drop out, so that the more conservative supporters of Santorum are forced to support Gingrich, which will inevitably topple Romney as the current favorite.

He's right of course, with Santorum out of the picture, his supporters would rather be called a liberal than support Romney. They would then vote for the most conservative remaining candidate, Gingrich. Ron Paul is on his own little planet somewhere, technically a Republican, but more of a libertarian. The vote would be split essentially between Romney and Gingrich, with the more moderate conservatives supporting Romney and the more "extreme" supporting Gingrich.

I wonder aloud to all of my loyal readers, assuming any of them are Republicans who are passionate about the nomination, to tell me: what is it about Romney that is so bad? I have my own opinions, and I know Chris's reasoning. But it seems to me like some moderates would rather see Obama as president again before Romney. Let me know what you think!