[TXSearcher]

So was there this whining, and gnashing of teeth, in 2012 when Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul refused to drop out and coronate Romney as King?

Good grief, if Mitt can win an election, Trump had better be able to do the same thing.

[Jane Long]

Rick Santorum actually dropped out when he was closer (75% more delegates needed) than cRuz is (88% needed). He did the right thing for the party, and the voters.

Newt and the other dropped out soon after Ricky.

[itsahoot]

Bush had a historic opportunity after 9/11 to shut down the borders and stop the immigration madness in its tracks, and did nothing. Instead, we got "Islam is a religion of peace," and other nonsense from W.

You may recall that Gingrich could have withdrawn from a couple states and let Santorum win which would have defeated Mittens. Newt had zero chance to win anything in those states so maybe the plan all along was for Mittens to be the GOPe pick.