Santorum drops out of the presidential race

by NW Spotlight

The Hill is reporting that Rick Santorum will drop out of the presidential race this afternoon.

The Hill notes that this will essentially guarantee Mitt Romney the GOP nomination. The article also provides a delegate count: “It takes 1,144 [delegates] to clinch the GOP nomination. [Romney] has 661 delegates, according to a count by the Associated Press. Santorum has 285, Gingrich has 136 and Paul has 51.”