[CPT Clay]

Truly a 3 man race right now.

[RasterMaster]

You’d better get confirmation on that before you run with it. /s

[PapaBear3625]

Is Ben Carson officially out yet?

[SamAdams76]

Who will he endorse?

[Grampa Dave]

Delegate count to date: Cruz 8, Trump 7, Rubio 7, Carson 3, Bush 1, Paul 1

[DouglasKC]

Paul had part of that supposed “outsider” status. If I had to guess most will turn toward Trump.

[TexasFreeper2009]

Iowa served it’s purpose... not to pick the winner, but to narrow the field.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t see how anyone in their right mind would want to be POTUS right now. The Obama regime is going to leave on hell of a mess to clean up. The commie lib “media” will blame the new president for Obama’s mess.

[xzins]

Excellent, isn’t his senate seat up this year? He needs to retain it. I agree. He was one of the most honest voices in this campaign.

I assume his support splits between Cruz and Rubio, but that is just a guess. I think he had both some liberty type supporters and some establishment type supporters.

[McGruff]

I’m surprised the Cruz camp didn’t tweet that before the Iowa caucus.

[NRx]

Thank you Senator Paul for your service. And thank you for knowing when to bow out.

[TexasFreeper2009]

At least we wont have to listen to the Paul supporters screaming wildly at the debates every time Paul so much as burps anymore!

[Daffynition]

Who did the Free State Project endorse?

I tried to look it up, with no success.

I would think that the Paul withdrawal would be a slap in the face of the porcupines.

Jes wondering out loud.

[iowamark]

A wise move by Senator Paul. If he is true to Constitutional principles, he will endorse Ted Cruz. I am sure others are offering him cash and other inducements right now. We shall see.

[b4its2late]

Good.

[FreeReign]

Carson needs to suspend his campaign.

Two days off in Florida is NOT the way to win a presidential campaign. And it's something his supporters in Iowa should have been informed about.

[ek_hornbeck]

I'm guessing Rand's 2-3% will mostly wind up supporting Cruz, who has basically co-opted most of Rand's libertarian economic positions.

This is the good thing, because most of the other also-rans have supporters who will consolidate around the remaining establishment candidate (Rubio).

[Read Write Repeat]

Rand Paul is a good man. I’ll miss him in the debates.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

I’m surprised. He was doing so well. /s

[Mr. Jeeves]

Farewell to the only genuine defender of Constitutional liberties in the race. Like his father before him, he just didn’t have the charisma to sell his vitally important message.