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With all of the excitement over this week’s arguments in the Supreme Court, the on-going race for the Republican nomination for president has largely fell off the radar. However, there is still plenty of news to share, but not all of it is good, depending on which candidate you’re backing.

Republicans in Wisconsin will head to the polls next Tuesday, April 3rd, to cast their votes in the race. And while Rick Santorum had been doing well there recently, it looks like Mitt Romney has surged to the front in the latest poll:

The GOP race for president has flipped in Wisconsin since last month, with Mitt Romney overtaking Rick Santorum in the latest poll by Marquette Law School.

Romney leads Santorum 39% to 31% in a survey of GOP primary voters taken last Thursday through Sunday.

Ron Paul is running third in the poll with 11%, followed by Newt Gingrich with 5%.

The new numbers represent a major shift from Marquette’s February poll, which showed Santorum leading Romney in the state 34% to 18%, followed by Paul at 17% and Gingrich at 12%.

They are also roughly consistent with a poll done almost one week ago on March 21 by Rasmussen Reports, which showed Romney leading Santorum 46% to 33%.

If Santorum loses in Wisconsin, the pressure will only increase on him to drop out of the race. Many are saying that if he wants to be a player in 2016, assuming Romney doesn’t beat Barack Obama, than he needs to bow out very soon. But people close to Santorum say that a exit from the race is unlikely.

For Gingrich and Ron Paul, the pressure is also on to get out of the race. Paul has dismissed any talk of dropping out, but the “normal rules” have not and do not apply to him. Gingrich, however, is making it hard to see any real future. Politico reported last night that the former Speaker is cutting staff in an effort to save money, hoping to take his case for the nomination to August as the Republican National Convention in August.

For Romney, all he needs to do is continue the pace. He may also be bolstered by Republican National Committee delegates. Santorum needs more than 70% of remaining delegates to win the nomination, a nearly impossible prospect.

Romney has been functioning as the nominee recently, showing less concern about what his opponents are saying about him, focusing instead on Obama. Unless something drastic happens in the next few weeks, Romney will be the nominee.

It’s time for conservatives to move on. Do what FreedomWorks and other grassroots groups have been doing by working to keep the House and take control of the Senate. That’s should be the main objective now.