Jon Huntsman Drops Out, Rick Santorum Picks Up Evangelical Support

The Takeaway

This seems to be the race of late deciders, sudden reversals, and surprising distractions. And perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend was that it wasn’t Rick Perry who dropped out of the race. Instead, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman will announce today that he is ending his candidacy and endorsing Romney. Dr. Tony Beam is director of the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville College and host of the South Carolina radio program Christian Worldview Today. Jordan Fabian is political editor at Univision.

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