Newt Gingrich Campaign officials have confirmed that he will formally suspend his Presidential Campaign on May 1. This report says Gingrich called Mitt Romney yesterday to discuss an event next week in which Gingrich is likely to endorse Romney.

Here is video of Fox News’ Shepherd Smith talking by phone to Rick Santorum Press Secretary Alice Stewart. She was asked why Santorum did not mention Mitt Romney in his withdrawal speech today, and Stewart said the Santorums are now just concentrating on getting their daughter, Bella, comfortable at home after being in the hospital. She said she is confident Santorum will “certainly rally behind whoever the nominee is” in defeating Barack Obama this November.

She won’t say Romney’s name either.

BREAKING: Fox News is reporting that they have confirmed Sen. Rick Santorum will suspend his Presidential Campaign just moments from now. Santorum will speak in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and will reportedly announce he is ending his race for the GOP Nomination. We’ll get video posted of his remarks as soon as possible . . . Developing

Yahoo News reports Santorum has called Mitt Romney and conceded the race.

Here is a “Reality Check” report from North Dakota on how Mitt Romney is walking away with 16 of North Dakota’s 28 GOP Delegates to the National Convention even though he came in third place behind Rick Santorum and Ron Paul in Super Tuesday voting.

NOTE: North Dakota actually gets 28 delegates (corrected above). The report indicates 25 have been allocated – Romney 16, Santorum 7, Paul 2.

Here is video of Newt Gingrich on Fox News Sunday today where he said Mitt Romney is “far and away the most likely” GOP Presidential Nominee.

Gingrich pledged to support Romney once he gets to the needed 1,144 delegates to win the Nomination. He said he does not plan to leave the GOP race, but admitted he is running his campaign “on a shoestring.” Gingrich became emotional when talking about his faith and how it has sustained him.

Here is Sen. Marco Rubio, yesterday, speaking emphatically in behalf of Mitt Romney, saying “the primary is over,” and that Romney “will make a great President.” Rubio said, “It’s time now to concede,” and that “Mitt Romney has won the Republican Nomination.”

Via The Shark Tank

The final GOP Primary is June 26 – so that’s 2 1/2 months. Mitt Romney is the only candidate who really has a shot at getting the needed 1,144 delegates to cinch the Nomination. You figure who Priebus thinks the Nominee will be.

Here is video of RNC Chair Reince Priebus telling Wolf Blitzer it is highly likely the GOP Race will end “within the next month or two.” He would not call for Rick Santorum to drop out, but did say the narrative is pretty well set up that candidates must win their home state. Santorum is hoping to defeat Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, where he served as a U.S. Senator.