Morning Examiner: Please end this farce

The race for the Republican nomination essentially ended on January 31st when Mitt Romney decisively won Florida by almost 15 points. Florida Republicans are strong conservatives. They picked Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., over moderate Charlie Christ. They elected Tea Party favorite Rick Scott governor. Romney’s wide margin of victory in the state should have proved he can unite conservatives in November.

But Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum insisted on pressing on. They did end up winning some very red states that any Republican nominee would win in a general election anyway. But in all the big contests, in all the states where the general election will be decided in the fall, Romney bested his competitors.