Mitt is smart, intelligent, and a tireless worker with moral integrity. Rough and ready for any fight.
He will be back. He holds his delegates. What will be his strategy? Mc Cain looks hopeless. He might have to wait for an Obama administration to finish a term, but he will be back. The religion thing has all but died on the vine. All that is left is the echo of the the foul mouths, mostly anti-M's reverberating and cursing dark they live in. Carry on MITT. We love you.

hey Mitt Silver wont cut it you have to get GOLD

voted over 60 years straight Republican and WWII vet. John Mc Cain for President???How could this be. With Mitt out of the race, who is left but another old gray head (with a temper and a desire to be a "Little General")Mc Caine and a southern preacher? Think about it folks? Fellow Republicans?
Maybe it will be Obama who I vote for (a democrat) for the first time in my life. I like his spunk and his offer to unite us and end this foolish war. He also carries much less heavy baggage than Billary.And folks, lets stop the foul mouthed anti M talk, it only puts your ignorance on display.

To those who demean Gov. Romney, I say on his behalf:

Quit your whining!

There is no ignorance about being anti Romney. The man simply cannot be trusted. If he is so gung-ho about the war then why are his children not over there fighting in Iraq? And as to a Mormon in the White House? Read "When Salt Lake City Calls" by Rocku Hulse (Xulon Press). It is an excellent book and warns of the dangers of a Mormon as US President.

AntiMormon voters ARE NOT to be ignored. Do not, repeat DO NOT believe the anti Mormon issue is dying on the vine...we aren't mainstream, never have been, never will be. Being mainstream is not the same as being accepted. Unless one has lived in the Bible belt one cannot fully appreciate the visceral-gag-reflex reaction Evangelical Baptists have about Mormons. To ignore this problem is to ignore solutions.

The Titantic Mitt was sunk by the Evangelical Iceberg. All the self-soothing, self-assuring words words issued by those living in the tops of the mountains will never be found soothing or assuring by those living in the Northwest, the Midwest, or the South.

WWHHYYYYYY?? I had high hopes for you because I know you're the only one with a headstrong on a lot of things. You've made a lot of things that makes sense, other candidates don't. NOW, I am nervous about what our country will become if McCain wins.

It takes a lot of money to run a campaign. I'm sorry Mitt is not going to be in it. Now we'll get whoever George Soros is buying.

I was very disappointed that Romney bowed out, but quite impressed with his reasoning. He really loves the country and feels that a Democrat in the White House will endanger the nation.

I don't think I can vote for McCain-Huckabee. I find both of them repugnant.

I got a push poll today from Huckabee, and he twisted Mitt's record completely, lied outright. He also was duplicitous about his own record: "Would you vote for a person who was endorsed by the founder of the Minute Men?" He OMITTED the fact that as governor he was for open borders, supported in-state tuition and driver's licenses for illegals, and offered Mexico office space for consulate for $1 a year.

I think that's how Mitt lost early and southern states. Huck and McCain did tainted push polling, and the mainstream media didn't object. Romney made ads that pointed out their records, and they screamed he was broadcasting "attack ads". Mitt, the gentlemen, stopped the ads while the other two dopes hit the accelerator.

I hope Mitt runs for the Senate in Michigan or Massachusetts. I really think he has a lot to offer the nation.

The best man stepped down today. I'm bummed.

Can`t believe I backed him ,what a chump,no way I vote for McCain,just a closet Dem,Obama is probably the best choice,wow!

Mitt may be a highly capable business executive, but as a presidential candidate he leaves much to be desired. His one shot at getting elected was to temper the Mormon doubters by being so reasonable and lovable that it became a non-issue. By groveling at the alter of the evangelicals he lost their respect and made the independents nervous about this integrity. If he wants to run in 2012 he had better start now, and get his story straight about who he is as a person.

From the Mitt Romney website:
"Today, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Governor Romney announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign for the sake of Republican unity and the future of our country."
He SUSPENDED his presidential campaign. It is frustrating to read/hear report after report that ignores the main resource for information -- Romney himself.

You need to look at the source of your information. Romney's website specifically calls his action "suspending" not quitting. The ramifications are very different.
You shouldn't use the word "quit" until he does!!!
Thank you for striving for accuracy in your reporting.

You have consecrated $35 million of your own money that has meant great public relations for the Church. This is not a total loss. And I thank you.

Yea, with Mitt out, I think it's time for a third party... or even for a democrat vote for the first time in my life.

Can't wait to see him run again in 4 years vs. Obama or Hillary. There were several issues here - to a bigoted religious right and failed Bush presidency that has moderates afraid of a decent conservative candidate (one with a brain).

I hope this helps disenfranchise the right wing religious nuts in the GOP. These people deserve no place in politics. We all need to be much noisier in our objection to all the brainwash sessions that go on in churches across America with their anti-Mormon hate sessions. You can bet Huck did this in his church...

I guess impeccable moral character, business super success, and political leadership (not to mention good looks) are not enough to get elected this year.

I can't help but feel that the basis for a lot of the opposition to Mitt was that he is a Mormon.

Obviously his pre-campaign positions regarding abortion and gay issues hurt him with the Party, but don't the anti-abortion types WANT TO CONVERT pro-choicers to pro-life?

Mitt Romney has a chance to spend the next 4 years proving his sincerity on issues he is seen modifying his position on. By 2012, I suspect we will want "change" again....if it is not too late.

I am also saddened that Mitt has pulled out of the race. He would be the best leader we, as a nation, could have had. I, for one, will not be voting for McCain - a more underhanded, backstabbing individual would be hard to find - unless you look to the Clinton's. For the first time in my life I will not vote Republican, I'll choose Obama.

We must put some clarity into the discussion of Mitt's quitting. The religion thing will not go away for Mitt. It is a fact of life and belief and lifestyle and committment, and it will be there on the table every morning of every day. Even the conservatives split, some went to Huck because he was the Christian standard bearer. Wishing does not change the fact that Mitt is unelectable.

Mitt gave a great speech because he is planning on coming back in 4 years. The old Ronald Reagan trick. Good political move. Stun the audience and get them thinking about things 4 years from now, this is esp. good when you know deep in your brain that this is going to be a very democrat year. So Mitt was positioning himself. Smart move.

However, things change. 4 years from now people might like the honesty and clarity of Obama. They might find that democrats actually can produce results. They may jump back at the scandals and law breaking of the Bush administration that will come to light when we have a new sheriff in town, so to speak.

Mitt quit. But he will return. But stronger than ever. No.

Mitt worked to earn honestly the personal money he spent, and citizens across the country more than matched it.

Hillary, on the other hand, ran out, and "loaned" her campaign money, and her campaign workers aren't getting paid. Not a good manager, won't get my vote.

Now that Romney is out, Huckabee's usefulness to McCain suddenly vanishes. I can imagine this text message going from McCain to Huckabee this morning: "Vice President spot? What Vice President Spot? You must have heard me wrong Mr Huckabee. Oh and by the way, from now on every vote for you is a vote taken from me."

How about that! In one well-placed and well-timed blow, Romney extinguishes Huckabee's plan to kiss up to McCain and do his dirty work - in hopes of a V.P. spot. Huckabee's dreams of national political relevance are dashed, and Romney looks like the cat that ate the mouse. That is sweet. Helps me get through the sorrow over Romney's departure.

- If Hillary is elected president, we'll have a four-year disaster,

with Republicans ferociously opposing her,
followed by Republicans zooming back into power, as they did in 1980, 1994, and 2000.
(And Bill nearby with too much time on his hands? More incidents with interns?)

- If McCain is elected president, we'll have a four-year disaster,

with the Republicans in Congress co-opted by their own president,
followed by 30 years of liberal Democrat rule.

For many of us of LDS culture, Mitt had another very vig problem. He sucked up to GWB and approved of that stupid costly war which has not made us one bit safer. Frankly, Mitt scared me to death too. He seems not to have been paying attention to what was going on. Nope--any friend of Bush is not a friend of ours. That alone brings great question as to his judgment.

Gold instead of silver? You bet ya -- and within time!!

I agree with "Gray Headed Republican". I won't vote for McCain, he is scarier than Hillary, and she is VERY scary. I, too, for the first time in my life, am voting Democrat and voting for Obama.

He didn't quit, he "suspended".

Now that he is seemingly out of the race, the opposition can begin their assault on McCain --- and they have plenty of ammunition (there is a lot of dirt)!

If Hillary's team starts coming out with all the facts on who McCain really is, between now and the GOP Convention in September, they could actually derail McCain's Republican nomination.

A "suspended" Romney campaign would look pretty good.

I could tell that even prior to 'Super Tuesday' his chances were hanging by a thread.

Naughty naughty. Name calling. What would Jesus think.

Mitt couldn't buy the presidency and now his followers will start blaming everyone else for Mitt's failure. Typical.

Given Mitt's track record for a lack of truthiness, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop on this one. Is he out for good or is this yet another of his deft marketing gambits?

Truely a sad thing for America, this nation at this time in the history of America, needs a leader with integrity. I believe in my soul this man Mitt Romney is that man, and would have the ability, had he become the President, to unite us as a people, and would have done what is necessary for the protection of the people and the nation. I also know he would have kept his word with regard to cleaning up the abuse, and misuse of tax payers money.
God bless him, and may God bless America:

It's interesting to see how many mormons were so wrapped up in mitt that, in his absence, they have nowhere to go. Abandon the whole process, write mitt in anyway, something like that.
And mittney, now upon leaving, takes some ugly swipes at is opponents as if the war is suddenly crucial and the democrats will somehow mess it up. The real mess is that we're there at all. The war, remember that. We all support it, as long as its' greatest cost is tax breaks. Hate to see that end.

Draft Mit for VP!!! Might be the only way to mitigate the left-leaning McCain. This would be the only way to have a Republican ticket covering 2/3's of the political spectrum that could win in November.

Mitt has class. A tough but admirable decision on his part. I'm proud of Mitt. Mitt will be back and I, for one, will be there to support him. We all could have done more to support Mitt but that's behind us now, Let's not make the same decision next time.

Regarding choices: Once again we are faced with choosing "the lesser of two evils." We'll be less dirty with McCain than a Democrat in the White House. It's still "the art of the compromise." We cannot vacate the Republican Party and its principles just because of the candidate. The Party and our platform are important. If McCain does win, at least we will have someone to work with. A Democrat in the White House? Forget it.

Let's just get back upon our two feet and support McCain for President and trust Mitt will run again. Mitt's still our man.

Bytheway, I am not Mormon. My support of Mitt is based simply on the fact that Mitt Romney is the best man for the job.

As Brit Hume (I believe accurately stated), the conservative base was just too slow to move towards fully supporting Mitt, and I'm sure that comes from not really knowing and being comfortable with the man. It has only been within the past two weeks that the conservatives finally lined up behind him, but it was too late. If that had happened three months ago, it would have been a different story. Up until his speech yesterday at CPAC, I have only been a lukewarm supporter. But what he did yesterday is real class act. He not only won me over, but from the response at CPAC, he appears to have finally won over the conservative base and will become a solid conservative voice in the future. If he makes a run again, he will have my full support and endorsement, and I believe he will finally prevail.

When the Democrats have screwed up enough, and the country is enduring a return to the Carter years of debilitating fuel shortages, soaring interest rates, economic stagflation, and a disastrous aftermath of a war the Left was determined to have America lose, it will indeed be time for Romney.

I just hope the Republican party is ready. To get Mitt back, the Republicans must be prepared to put evangelicals in their place; cornpone bigotry and all.

Mitt! The only honest one among them! I will probably not vote in November.
We are definitely in the last days.

I's kind of interesting on how Hucabee stayed in the race. My thoughts and feelings are McCain told him to. Is'nt it ironic to acually push Romney out when McCain is going to win and Old Huck is'nt going to see the light of day thinking that McCain is going to have Huck as a running mate. Sorry Huck youve been slam blasted.....

Time for Utah and Nevada to teach the GOP, we cannot be taken for granted.

Vote for Hillary, but not Obama.

President Clinton did a good job with the economy and the Country as a whole, just had some personal problems with fidelity. His accomplishments far out weigh the personal problems, and history will remember that.

I have been Republican since I was 18, and do not like what has become of the GOP, Bush and Co have ruined our Country and party

It didn't take a rocket scientists to see that Mitt's chances were hanging by a thread.

Thank you liberal larry - this is the exact reason he did not make it. It was not simply the LDS perspective as some here in Utah would like to believe with their victim mentality. It just seems that he cannot tell the truth about who he is and what he believes - made me wonder if he even knows, hopefully the next four years will provide him the opportunity to gain some self awareness and integrity. All in favor signify any opposed signify - it looks like it was not unanimous; hey the process does work when people are honest.

Save us George Allen!! Make a run for the white house as an independent. There's still time. YOUR EVERYTHING US STAUNCHED CONSERVATIVE ARE ASKING FOR

"GOOD" versus "EVIL" ... the war wages on. And no where is it more apparent than in the presidential campaigns of 2008. Mitt Romney was the only candidate (from any political party) I trusted to uphold the Constitution and to do what is right in the oval office of the White House.
The Founding Fathers of our nation must be agonizing in despair. Where is the nation of freedoms, under God, they created for us? Perhaps it is time for another revolution.

Mitt didn't fall behind in this race because of his religion. Mitt fell behind and is not electable because of his mouth.

Even as he was quitting, he took a cheap shot at the Democrats with his "giving in to terror" declaration. Ugly ... ugly.

I have been an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints all of my life and a registered Democrat for 40 years. I'm not a terrorist sympathizer; we Democrats are all good Americans. We just believe that Christian values like charity, compassion, and "kindness and pure love, without hypoocracy and without guile" is more the platform of the Democrats than it is the Republicans.

Mitt needs to respect ALL Americans if he wants our vote. He failed at gaining respect at every level - even in his own party.

Good by, Mitt.

People would trust mormons more if they would quit calling the religion Christian and simply call it mormonism. The Bible spells it out clearly (first four books of the NT).

wow- someone in politics put the country's and our interests first ahead of their own. I wholeheartedly support Mitt and admire his integrity to do the right thing for the right reason. It is obvious he loves our country and I hope he runs again. We NEED more like him, he cares and he is capable of solving problems and turning them around for everyones benefit. Remember his great work on the olympics and the companies he has turned around. I hope the American public wakes up and realizes the lose we just suffered.

Dear Mitt:

Please run for governor of Utah and oust our quasi-liberal Gov. Huntsman. Then make your run for president as the former governor of the most conservative state in the Union rather than one of the most liberal. We will be more blessed by 4 years of you in Utah than 100 years of guys like Huntsman Jr.

Mitt for Governor '08!

Looks like you "good" Mormon Republicans got stabbed in the back by the "good" born again Evangelical Republicans. You gotta love it when "good" people turn out to be just as crooked, just as back biting, just as greedy and dishonest, in fact even more so, than those of us who aren't "good" people. You did yourselves in by getting in bed with the Evangelicals during the Bush years and it just came back to bite you. Something like that Karma thing, or "you reap what you sew" thing. Don't blame this on the Democrats. Blame it on yourselves. But then I've always known that Mitt couldn't be trusted. He's slicker than Slick Willie.

Mitt Romney is gone, having suspended his campaign in the face of delegate math that cannot work in his favor, no matter how he crunches the numbers. But before he leaves the stage, the record should show who – or what – did him in.
Blame Christians. By significant margins, in poll after poll, in vote after vote a solid block of evangelical Christians said they would never vote for a Mormon. Since evangelicals made up nearly half of the Republican primary vote in some states, Romney was up against a deep well of distrust of a religion that many evangelicals still label a cult.

Mitt has as much class as Bush.
In other words, none.

Just like Mitt to be dishonest about his reasons for quitting (money) while at the same time taking mean-spirited potshots at the Democrats on his way out the door (surrender to terrorism???)

If any of you Mitt supporters honestly believe he quit for the good of the nation, you are delusional to the point of needing medication. Mitt was going to have a difficult time raising the money needed to stay in the race. So instead of doing the honorable thing and dropping out, he instead "suspends" his campaign so that he can hold on to the delegates and maybe use them as leverage to get a position on McCain's ticket. I hope McCain tells him to shove it.

We can see now how the Republic party is going to try to win in November, fear. I can see it now...the pansy Democrats will turn our country over to Bin Laden. What a bunch of bunk. Thank God most Americans aren't as idiotic as Mitt's defenders.

For all of you here wailing and gnashing your teeth, talking about the "last days" I have this bit of advice....get a life.