Martinez: Now It’s Time For Huckabee To Drop Out

Thu, February 07, 2008 - 2:25 PM

WASHINGTON – Now that Mitt Romney has suspended his Republican presidential campaign, Florida’s GOP Sen. Mel Martinez says it’s time for Mike Huckabee to do so, as well.

Martinez, who last month endorsed John McCain days before Florida’s primary, says it was “big” of Romney to “put is personal interests aside and unite behind John McCain for the sake of uniting our party.”

And now, he said, “it would make sense” for Huckabee to do the same.

“Because I think mathematically, it’s virtually impossible for either one (Romney or Huckabee) to win,” said Martinez.

“It would be nice to put this all behind us. McCain could then be the presumptive nominee,” said Martinez, who until late last years was the Republican National Committee chairman.

“It would really give us a huge advantage over the Democrats as they continue to fight on,” said Martinez, referring to Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

-- Billy House