According to Mike Allen over at Politico.com, former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore has dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination.
In the interview, Gilmore said the punishing financial requirements of the early-starting race caused him to decide that it was "impractical" to continue. "Because of the front-loading of the primaries, I would have basically had to stop campaigning and spend full time organizing hundreds of people to raise money for me," he said.
Later, his campaign issued a statement in which he said: "I have come to believe that it takes more than a positive vision for our nation's future to successfully compete for the presidency. I believe that it takes years of preparation to put in place both the political and financial infrastructure to contest what amounts to a one-day national primary in February."
Translated: "Yeah, I never really had a shot and I'm just figuring that out."
One down; many, many more to go.
William Smith
ConservativeBlogger.com
