Gallagher to Drop Out?

According to the Miami Herald, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Gallagher is considering dropping out of the race in order to unify the party behind Attorney General Charlie Crist for the November election.

''Tom is evaluating -- with his family and his friends -- what is best for him and what is best for the Republican Party,'' said Gallagher spokesman Alberto Martinez.

This is not what Florida's top Republicans expected when they came through with nearly $9 million in contributions for the chief financial officer and lined up endorsements from the party's religious conservative wing.

Now, with Gallagher as much as 20 percentage points behind in recent polls and down by more than $2 million, many of those same people are getting cold feet. Some want Gallagher to bow out of the race to give high-profile supporters time to position themselves within the Crist campaign and allow Republicans to save their resources for the general election.

And don't forget; Charlie Crist's election was foretold by God, according to Rev. O'Neal Dozier. So Mr. Gallagher is only bowing to the inevitable.