US election 2012: Jeb Bush calls on Republicans to back Mitt Romney

Recalling Mr Romney’s decision to step aside for John McCain in 2008 when
faced with a similar mathematical situation, the adviser said it was now
time for Mr Romney’s conservative rivals, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich,
to consider doing the same.

“Mitt Romney made the decision – and it was a difficult one – to step
aside. And he stepped aside because he thought it was good for the country.
… he wanted to give John McCain the time to rally the party and unite
behind his candidacy,” he said.

However, despite the rising pressure and the apparent inevitability of the
outcome – Mr Santorum would need to win nearly 70 per cent of the available
delegates to win the race, an all but impossible task – both men say they
are committed to remaining in the race.

Both have attacked the relatively moderate Mr Romney as an out-of-touch “flip-flopper”
whose record on health care, abortion and contraception means he cannot win
over the religious and rural conservative core of the party.

“We need someone who has a strong and clear record who can appeal to
voters all across this country. Someone you can trust,” Mr Santorum
told supporters on Tuesday night, promising to carry on the fight to the
Louisiana primary on Saturday.

“Someone who will stand and fight, not just because it’s what the
pollster tells them to say or what is on their teleprompter.”

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