Sarah Palin, long an advocate of a lengthy primary process, acknowledged Mitt Romney as the presumptive nominee after tonight’s election and pledged that Republicans would unite around him.
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“Yes, the numbers do look like it’s going to be Mitt Romney,” Palin told Fox News’ Sean Hannity as election results rolled in this evening. But she also said that the search for an antI-Romney candidate is “going to remain a factor until that number of delegates has been solidified and there’s no question” that Romney has secured the nomination.
“I have no doubt in my mind — here will be no question, it will be unified,” Palin said of conservative support for Romney in the general election. “It will be strong.”
Palin said she wouldn’t call for candidates to drop out, but said she understands devote resources to the general election. “What is the main thing?” she asked rhetorically. “Beating Barack Obama.
