york. our daily fix today, the republican national committee has declared the obvious, mitt romney is the nominee. he so why are newt gingrich and risk santorum so late to the party. chris cillizza, you've got the sort of gingrich and santorum factor. it's not that they have any leverage left. they've obviously stayed too long at the party and now we hear newt gingriching is going to formally officially suspend the campaign on tuesday and will no longer be getting secret service. >> the thing with newt gingrich, we talked about this yesterday, it was really kind of the end had already come. he hasn't acknowledged it, frankly. this is his acknowledgement but in his own very newt way, not suspending his campaign today but announcing he will suspend his campaign in a week's time. you're right, andrea, i don't understand the thinking here in terms of lever and.