Tea Party megastar and conservative darling Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) “all but called on” Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to get out of the way and give Mitt Romney a smooth path to the nomination, Politico reports. DeMint backed Romney in 2008 but has remained neutral in the 2012 presidential contenst. On Thursday, Romney and DeMint met in Washington. Afterwards, DeMint suggested it might be time to bring the brutal presidential primary to an end.
From Politico:
“We all need to look at this presidential primary and encourage the candidates to do a little self-reflection here on what’s good for our country,” the influential South Carolina conservative told reporters in the Capitol after attending a group meeting with Romney. “The sooner we can make a decision, the sooner we can focus on the real problem, which is Obama.”
Asked if he was making a diplomatic case for former Sen. Rick Santorum and former Speaker Newt Gingrich to drop out, DeMint said “You can take from that what you will.”
“There’s no need to drag this to a convention if it’s pretty clear who our nominee is,” DeMint said.
