Articles such as this tend to make the press look silly as you interpret Romney's comments based on your own liberal views and talk more about what you think he is saying instead of what he actually did say. If you were to know your history and listen to the entire Romney speech you would know that he was getting out based on the results of a similar Republican primary in 1976. There, Reagan took Ford to convention in a bitter race and the result was a loss to Jimmy Carter. Romney could have kept on with his campaign and most likely taken it all the way to the convention, even though he probably wouldn't come close to getting the requisite amount of delegates nor the amount McCain had. Instead he decided to get out instead of going until September with all the animosity and division the primaries have already produced. Romney would have fought hard and picked up support along the way...but at the cost of the Republican party going into the general bruised and battered. It may just take a while for Republicans to get their act together and possibly try to rally around McCain. We already see how tough it is for segments of the Republican party to even vote for him...thus Romney did the smart thing for his party if they are even going to have a chance, but also for his political future. It is your opinion that it was irresponsible, but when you have both Dem candidates campaigning on automatic withdrawl within 60 days if elected, that is what is irresponsible and dangerous.