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Pressure for Newt Gingrich to drop out of the presidential race is rising, with many conservative voices asking him to step aside so that Rick Santorum can directly challenge Mitt Romney without splitting the "anti-Romney" vote.

Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, said Thursday that Gingrich, similar to Romney, is not capturing the minds and hearts of GOP voters and doesn't have the enthusiasm to win the primary, let alone the general election.

"If one of them gets out, and it makes more sense for Newt Gingrich to get out, conservatives coalesce around a candidate and I think Mitt Romney will drop into second place," he told CNN.

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