The phoney war is over - It's Obama versus Romney

So that's it then. It had become inevitable and following the defeats in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington D.C coupled with the prospect of losing the primary in his home state of Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination.

So, with the phoney war out of the way the real stuff begins. The Obama campaign has been quietly tuning up for the start of the campaign proper for some time. Expect them to start hitting hard and hitting often. There will be an early onslaught on Romney to put him on the back foot from the off. The Romney campaign will have to be ready. They will not have time to draw breath. The primary has been draining in many ways - time wise, when the fight has been local rather than with Obama, and of course resources and money.

I will of course be following all the ins and outs all the way through to November. I am looking forward to it - I hope you are too.


The general election campaign begins now in earnest - it's 29 weeks from next Tuesday to polling.