The View 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.
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 hell is Newt Gingrich still in the race?” to laughter and thunderous applause from the studio audience.
(Source: Mediaite.com)