Agree 100%. Ever since Gingrich was badly beaten in FL ( a”must-win” state in the general) where he lost in every major demographic he should have quit and most definitely after Santorum’s dramatic one-day trifecta win. Had he done so then Romney who won by 3% in MI and under 1% in OH against Santorum would most definitely have lost. It is widely accepted that had Gingrich quit as much as 60% of his votes would have gone to Santorum. Indeed on Super Tuesday, Carl Cameron for FoxNews reported the “Romney Team was happy to see Gingrich still in the race.” He served as a useful idiot for Romney. Now he’s toast. You are quite correct, unlike Santorum who made a dignified exit despite winning 11 states and over 3 million votes, Gingrich is forced into an embarrassing exit.
But we don’t take our primary battles into the general election. As Sarah Palin put it were need to make Obama a one-term president and at least on this score Gingrich is on board. Our job is to hold Romney’s feet to the fire and make sure he doesn’t veer to to the center-left.