The organization that ignited the tea party as a national mass movement gave
Mitt Romney perhaps his biggest victory yet, deciding to drop its opposition to his candidacy, a top executive in the group told The Washington Times.
FreedomWorks, which organized the Sept. 12, 2009, mass demonstration on the Mall, says that while it will not give an explicit endorsement, the time has come for Republicans to unite around the former Massachusetts governor and focus on defeating President Obama.
“It is a statistical fact that the numbers favor
Mitt Romney,”
FreedomWorks Vice President
Russ Walker told The Times on Tuesday. “We are dedicated to defeating Obama and electing a conservative
Senate that will help
Romney repeal Obamacare and address the nation’s economic and spending challenges.”
Mr. Romney has been winning a majority of delegates and has more than twice the number that former
Sen. Rick Santorum has, and he continued that run Tuesday with a victory in Illinois.
Exit polls in Illinois showed
Mr. Romney won among those who said they support the tea party movement, edging out
Mr. Santorum 43 percent to 37 percent [-] the same margin as
Mr. Romney won those who were neutral on the tea party.
