I anticipate the following post from Hugh Hewitt:
In dropping out of the Republican race today, Mitt Romney displayed the type of bold leadership that made him the leading businessman in America, enabled him to rescue the Olympics, and cemented his reputation as the greatest governor in the history of the free world. Anybody can spend tens of millions of dollars on a losing presidential election bid, but only a true visionary like Romney would decide to leave the race when he realizes he has no chance of winning. This is a man who knows when to jump from a sinking ship, and with the nomination of John McCain sure to shatter the Reagan coalition with the force of a nuclear bomb and cause the GOP to go down in flames in the general election, Romney, turnaround artist that he is, will be there to pick up the pieces, and return the party to its glory. It’s official–Mitt Romney has established himself as the clear frontrunner for the 2012 Republican nomination. Anybody who doesn’t see it clearly is woefully ignorant of the Bain way. This precise scenario was outlined in Chapter 3 of my book.