BREAKING NEWS: Santorum out

Rick Santorum announced today that he was suspending his campaign, meaning that he is out of the race for the Republican nomination for president.  Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul remain in the race but have little, if any, chance of getting enough delegates to stop Romney.  With Santorum out, Romney almost certainly will be the Republican candidate to challenge Obama.

Real Clear Politics has Obama leading Romney by 5.3 points in the polls 48.5% to 43.2% as of yesterday.

Real Clear Politics:  http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

Election Projection has Obama beating Romney by 126 electoral votes 332 to 206 as of April 2nd.  
See: Election Projection  http://www.electionprojection.com/2012elections/president12.php