Romney Quits

Mitt Romney has withdrawn his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President. So, for all intents and purposes, that race is also down to two, although I'd argue there is more separating John McCain and Mike Huckabee than Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. From the NYT:

Mr. Romney faced a series of enormous challenges in the campaign, not the least of which was trying to reconcile the moderate political views he espoused as the governor of Massachusetts, a liberal state, with the more conservative views he championed on the campaign.

This tension has puzzled me ... because "conservative" voters like those in North Dakota seemed to be his base.

Update:Transcript of his speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee.