Republican Primary News--4.10.12

Poll Romney Leads Santorum In North Carolina Republican Primary TPM Mitt Romney with a small four point lead in the state's Repubican primary set for May 8th. Romney gets 34 percent, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gets 30, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich 17 and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) 11. See all stories on this topic »

Santorum's decision to call it quits puts chill on California primary San Jose Mercury News Santorum's supporters are understandably sad, but other Republicans may suffer too as California's role in the GOP presidential primary becomes moot, after months of growing enthusiasm that Santorum's early surge could turn the Golden State's June ... See all stories on this topic »

Primary Closure: Santorum Suspends His Campaign of Miracles TIME By Adam Sorensen | @adamsorensen | April 10, 2012 | + Rick Santorum announces the suspension of his bid to win the Republican presidential nomination during a news conference in Gettysburg, Pa., April 10, 2012. Standing before a bank of cameras at a ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

The Republican Primary's "Dark Horse" Rides Again Examiner.com If you listen to the political pundits, Romney almost has the GOP primary sewn up for this year's presidential elections. Romney's now focusing on Obama. Obama's focusing on Romney. And they'd tell you Obama will win again. But Santorum seems to have ... See all stories on this topic »

How Santorum Moved the GOP Primary to the Right The Nation. (blog) Although his departure means that Mitt Romney's nomination goes from assumed to certain, Santorum has had a meaningful impact on the course of the Republican primary. He revivified the religious right and pushed his opponents to extremes on a host of ... See all stories on this topic » The Nation. (blog)

Source: Cantor staff error to blame for anti-incumbent super PAC donation CNN (blog) Washington (CNN) – A source close to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tells CNN a staff error is to blame for giving $25000 to Campaign for Primary Accountability, an anti-incumbent super PAC. News that the Republican leader gave money to a super PAC ... See all stories on this topic »

Inside The Statehouse: GOP primary was fun, but the party's over Jacksonville News by Steve Flowers Last month's Republican Primary was exciting because for the first time in decades we were relevant in the presidential contest. When our March 13 primary date was set it was thought that the GOP nominee would be in the bag by that ... See all stories on this topic »

Rick Santorum Drops Out: GOP Presidential Candidate Suspends 2012 Campaign (VIDEO) Huffington Post announced that he is suspending his presidential campaign, all but putting an end to the Republican primary. "We made a decision to get into this race at our kitchen table, against all the odds, and we made a decision over the weekend that while this ... See all stories on this topic »

What Rick Santorum's Withdrawal Means Forbes Bowing to political reality, Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday in the wake of polls showing him losing the April 24 Republican primary in his home state of Pennsylvania to the now almost certain nominee, Mitt Romney. See all stories on this topic »

Cain says he is ready to support Romney as Republican nominee New York Post Former presidential candidate Herman Cain said Tuesday that he is ready to support Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee. Cain, who dropped out of the Republican primary race in December, endorsed Newt Gingrich in January and has campaigned numerous ... See all stories on this topic »