"Newt Gingrich stood athwart Mitt Romney’s inevitable nomination and yelled, “Stop!” in Delaware on Tuesday, where the former speaker had planned to rebound with a surprise showing. Undeterred, the Romney train ran right over him without a second thought, besting him by more than a 2-to-1 margin in the First State and with similarly blowout numbers in the four other states that held contests Tuesday.
The performance was indicative of most of the last few weeks for Gingrich. While Romney has been busy with his victory lap, collecting high-profile endorsements and getting into daily sparring matches with President Obama on matters big and small, Gingrich has shambled on in the background with his zombie campaign.
His candidacy neither dead nor quite alive (but mostly dead), the former speaker at least conceded he’d “reassess” his options after a loss in Delaware. On Wednesday morning, he came about as close as he could to conceding without going all the way, saying it was “very clear” at this point Romney would be the nominee and that he’d campaign this week as a “citizen,” per Fox News. “We’re working out the details of our transition, and we’ll have information for the press in the next couple days,” Gingrich said, according to ABC. Aides went even further, telling CNN that he’d officially drop out next week.
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