Mitt Romney Out of Presidential Race - and I was there.

Hectic day today, but I just came from CPAC (as an observer) where I personally witnessed Mitt Romney give (what turned out to be) his concession speech. I was very impressed with it, personally, and before he made the announcement, I couldn't quite figure out why he appeared to be misty-eyed. Well, now we know.

MSM coverage:

• AP: Romney Suspends Presidential Campaign
• Time Magazine's The Page
• Transcript of his withdrawing from the race speech
• Politico commentary
• McCain meanwhile, faces a tough crowd at CPAC
• "Huckabee vows to press on..."

Obligations preclude any comments now. I'll try to upload pics later. Laura Ingraham introduced him.

update: the rest of CPAC should be fascinating, especially when watching the supporter dynamics of Romney and McCain morph and shift in real time with Romney's exit and McCain's bidding for conservative support.