The View Co-Hosts Wonder: “Why The Hell Is Newt Gingrich Still In The Race?”

The panel was discussing Rick Santorum’s recent announcement that he would be suspending his campaign indefinitely (in light of a family medical emergency and probably at least in part the fact that Mitt Romney is definitely going to be the nominee), which he did without endorsing Romney. None of the cohosts seemed all that perturbed that he hadn’t — Sherri Shepherd suggested that maybe he needed some time to mourn his own shot at the presidency, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck thought that his priority was with his family and he might make an endorsement later on. The whole discussion was very charitable toward Santorum.

That couldn’t last long, though, so then Whoopi Goldberg turned to the camera and said “I don’t mean this to sound the way this is going to sound, but why the is Newt Gingrich still in the race?” to laughter and thunderous applause from the studio audience. Could it be a book deal? Notoriety? Sheer stubbornness> The panel was stumped. You can see the clip here, via ABC:

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