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Romney has not announced a retreat from South Carolina, he simply has pulled his ads for a while.

That could be because he is tight on money and has been running ads for months, and decided it would be better if he ran ads right before the election instead of this week.

However, I’ve seen several people take the ad stop as “pulling out”. Since “pulling out” is just a rumor, and is designed to make people think Romney isn’t trying to get votes, and to therefore suppress his vote, I am expecting a bunch of freepers to come running to denounce this outrageous dirty trick.

Actually, I wouldn’t hold your breath, because it’s against Mitt Romney, and dirty tricks against Mitt Romney are welcome.

Romney has not announced a retreat from South Carolina, he simply has pulled his ads for a while.

Pulling ads that were scheduled and changing the schedule and going into Michigan can only objectively be called a retreat. The Romney campaign (according to NPR, which dislikes all the Republicans except McCain and maybe Paul) has called Michigan its firewall.

BTW, I support Thompson, I don't trust Romney, but I have never said that he would be dropping out. If he can finish 2nd in a bunch of places, first in a few, and just stick around, he will be a player in the likely event that we have a brokered convention.

Anyway, I personally consider dropping ads AND CHANGING HIS SCHEDULE to be effectively pulling out. If he comes roaring back into SC with a retooled ad campaign and serious time in SC after Michigan, I will gladly consume my verbiage, provided I am provided with some Crystal hot sauce, Luzianne Creole Mustard and a can of Canada Dry Jamaica Cola to have with them.