Jon Huntsman Drops Out of GOP Race

On Monday, Jon Huntsman removed his name from the group of those seeking the GOP nominee. During his speech announcing that he was "suspending" his campaign, Huntsman condemned the "toxic" tone which the race has taken on, and encouraged the candidates to move away from that tone. In addition, he endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination. Huntsman's removal from the field leaves five candidates fighting for the GOP nomination--Mitt Romney, the clear front-runner, along with Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry. All four outside of Romney have the critical job of portraying themselves as the favorable alternative to Romney. Because of that, we're likely to see the attacks on Romney grow stronger as each candidate tries to put Romney in a negative light to the GOP primary voters. However, at this point it seems very unlikely that any of the remaining candidates can catch Mitt Romney.