Mitt Romney quits.

Perhaps not suprisingly Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has just announced that he is pulling out of the race for the nomination.
He made the announcement at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington and claimed that he was doing it for the good of the party.

Romney has to be commended for stepping back at this moment,he hopes of winning the nomination were effectively ended yesterday and the Republican party must now unite around the only candidate that can realistically challenge the Democratic contender.

As the New York Times points out,to continue Romney had a series of obstacles to overcome

not the least of which was trying to reconcile the moderate political views he espoused as the governor of Massachusetts, a liberal state, with the more conservative views he championed on the campaign

The question now arises,who will be John McCain's running mate,surely his bitter exchanges with Romney preculde that option.But what about Mick Huckerbee as a conservative contrast to McCain's liberalism?

Finally let reflect that his roller coaster ride has cost him $37m of his own money up to the end of 2007.