(PUNTA GORDA, Fla.) - Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke - and going home.
The former Pennsylvania senator is leaving Florida just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss.
Santorum says he would rather spend his Saturday sitting at his own kitchen table to do his taxes than campaigning in a state where the race for the Republican presidential nomination has become a two-man fight between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
The cash-strapped candidate acknowledges that he simply can't keep up with the GOP front-runners in Florida.
Outside advisers are urging him to pack up in Florida completely and not spend another minute in a state where he is cruising toward a loss.
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