It’s official: The Mitt Romney campaign is calling on Rick Santorum to drop out of the presidential primary race before it’s too late.
From a memo sent to reporters Thursday outlining Romney’s delegate lead by Romney political director Rich Beeson:
The remaining contests offer no path to 1,144 for Senator Santorum, a fact which even he has acknowledged. Each day Senator Santorum continues to march up this steep hill of improbability is a day we lose to unite in our effort as Republicans to defeat President Obama. So as Senator Santorum continues to drag out this already expensive, negative campaign it is clear that he is becoming the most valuable player on President Obama’s team.
