Since Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race today, ThinkProgress wanted to take a look back at some of the more memorable moments from his failed bid:

– Santorum warned “Satan” is systematically attacking the U.S. with “rock concerts” and “sensuality.”

– Claimed that the Netherlands euthanizes 10 percent of its citizens.

– Argued the California universities don’t teach American history — they do, it’s a graduation requirement.

– Santorum compared marriage equality to a napkin, not a paper towel; water, not beer; tea, not basketball; a tree, not a car.

– “Friends don’t let friends use pink [bowling] balls.”

– Called Obama a “snob” for urging kids to get educated.

– Made his top issue “Enforcing Laws Against Illegal Pornography.”

– Said Obamacare would kill his special needs daughter.

–Thinks global warming is a “hoax.”

– Claimed high gas prices traveled through time to cause the recession.

– Thinks insurers should discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions.

– Took to waving around a shale rock during speeches as a visual aid for his energy policy.

– “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better” with taxpayer money (which he, of course, later qualified as “blah” people).

– He said women aren’t capable of serving in combat because there would be “emotions that are involved.”

– “I refer to global warming as not climate science, but political science.”

– He told a mother her gay son is engaging in unhealthy activity that the government should not “promote.”

- “I’m for income inequality.”

– Santorum promised to significantly reduce federal funding for food stamps, arguing that the nation’s increasing obesity rates render the program unnecessary.

– Told a sick kid not to complain about high drug costs because people blow tons of money on iPads.

– He opposes contraception, explaining that it’s a “license to do things.”

– Santorum found “it almost remarkable for a black man” to be pro-choice, saying Obama should oppose abortion because of his race.

– He told a rape victim to “make the best out of a bad situation”

– In 1994, Santorum said single moms are just “breeding more criminals.”

– He told Peurto Ricans to learn English.

– Called for selling off public lands to private sector.

Meanwhile, presumed nominee Mitt Romney moves onto the general election, likely with the help of Santorum, it’s worth remembering what Santorum has said about the former Massachusetts governor.

Now that Rick Santorum has dropped out of the presidential race, the big question is whether the runner-up with endorse presumed nominee Mitt Romney. A top aide told reporters that Santorum and Romney agreed to meet in the near future, and Romney sent out a press release praising his opponent as “an important voice in our party and in the nation.”

But as Romney pivots to the general election with Santorum’s help, it’s important to remember that the former rival leveled some serious charges against the presumed nominee that should not be forgotten. Here are Santorum’s top 10 hits on Romney:

1. LIAR: “If [Romney's health care] policy is bad, the policy is bad. And a bad policy is one thing. But lying to the American people is something else.” [National Journal]

2. “ULTIMATE FLIP-FLOPPER”: “He glosses over and doesn’t even tell the truth. … Here is a guy who is the ultimate flip-flopper running for president, and he’s attacking me for not being principled? That doesn’t wash.” [Examiner]

3. ETCH A SKETCH CANDIDATE: “One of Governor Romney’s aides today on television said that Governor Romney, after he wins the primaries, will be like an [Etch A Sketch] — you take whatever he said and you can shake it up and it will be gone, and he’s going to draw a whole new picture for the general election.” [Washington Post]

4. MIGHT AS WELL RE-ELECT OBAMA: “You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there. If they’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future.” [AP]

5. OBAMACARE: “He created the blueprint for Obamacare and advocated for exactly what Obamacare is, which is a mandated health insurance program…it is exactly the Massachusetts health care plan. …He is uniquely disqualified.” [MSNBC]

6. “WORST REPUBLICAN IN THE COUNTRY”: “Pick any other Republican in the country. He is the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama.” [NBC]

7. “WEAK CANDIDATE”: “We can’t nominate such a weak candidate. I’d love to be able to get one-on-one with Gov. Romney and expose the record that would be the weakest record we could possibly put up against Barack Obama.” [Huffington Post]

8. “WALL STREET FINANCIER”: “I heard Governor Romney here called me an economic lightweight because I wasn’t a Wall Street financier like he was. Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as the president of the United States? Do you think that’s the experience that we need? Someone who’s going to take and look after as he did his friends on Wall Street and bail them out at the expense of Main Street America.” [ABC]

9. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DOESN’T MATTER: “Running a business is not the same as being president of the United States.” [CNN]

10. BAILOUT HYPOCRISY: “Governor Romney supported the bailout of Wall Street and decided not to support the bailout of Detroit. [AP]

Santorum spokesperson Hogan Gidley confirmed to reporters this afternoon that Romney called to “discuss an endorsement.” “We will see how that goes in the next couple days.”

Facing mounting pressure and the prospect of an embarrassing loss in his home state of Pennsylvania next week, Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the presidency today.

“We made a decision over the weekend that this presidential race is over for me,” he said at a press conference in Pennsylvania moments ago. “We will suspend our campaign effective today.”

Mitt Romney will now almost certainly go on to win the nomination, though that outcome was projected by most observers after his recent victories gave him an insurmountable delegate lead. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and former Speaker Newt Gingrich are still in the race, with Gingrich vowing again to stay in until he GOP convention, though they have little chance of winning any upcoming races.

Santorum did not endorse Romney or any other candidate, though there are reports that Romney and Santorum spoke on the phone.

Santorum made a name for himself on the campaign trail by peddling a series of wacky claims about gay people, women, and the role of religion in government. The former senator infamously compared same-sex marriage to inanimate objects like napkins and basketballs, promised to annul all same-sex marriages, and defended his support for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by arguing that gay soldiers would disrupt the military because “they’re in close quarters” with straight servicemembers.

Santorum also called President Obama a “snob” for urging kids to get educated, argued (falsely) that California universities “don’t even teach an American history course,” said President Kennedy’s speech on religion made him want to “throw up,” and said that states should be able to outlaw contraception.

Santorum pledged to preach about “the dangers of contraception in this country,” if elected president. Fortunately, the country will be spared his sermons for the foreseeable future.

Herman Cain, the eccentric former presidential candidate and pizza mogul with a checkered past on women, suggested today that presumed GOP nominee Mitt Romney is losing support among women because men are better informed.

Asked about a new Washington Post/ABC News poll showing President Obama beating Romney on women’s issues, Cain explained this by saying that men tend to be more familiar with policy, while others only know about Obama’s family:

CAIN: Yes, President Obama is very likable to most people, if you just look at him and his family. But if you look at his policies, which is what most people disagree with, it’s a different story. And I think many men are much more familiar with the failed policies than a lot of other people, as well as the general public.

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The Post poll showed Romney trailing by a whopping 19 points among women. And while his surrogates and allies have been loathe to admit it, Romney himself acknowledged that the gender gap is related to the recent debate over contraception.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) defended her party against charges of a “war on women,” saying on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” last night that women are “doing well”:

HALEY: This is a president that is trying to create distractions. There is no war on women. Women are doing well.

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One has to wonder about Haley’s definition of “well.” Women accounted for the entire drop in labor force participation during the recession, and 88 percent of jobs created since the end of the recession went to men. In Haley’s state of South Carolina, women are paid just 76 cents for every dollar a man makes, and own just 28 percent of businesses, despite making up slightly more than half of the state’s population. As with the nation as a whole, women also face higher poverty rates in the state, with 19 percent below the poverty line, compared to 15 percent of men.

“If you don’t feel this is an attack [on women], you need to go home and talk to your wife and your daughters,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said after Republican lawmakers spent months (and years) aggressively attacking women’s access to contraception and right to chose.

Haley, a key Mitt Romney surrogate, has become her party’s face in responding to charges of the war on women. But she’ll likely need a better counter-narrative than woman are doing just fine, as Romney appears to be hemorrhaging female support. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll out this morning shows him trailing Obama by 19 points among women.

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll out today finds President Obama leading Mitt Romney in almost every major policy area:

– Beats Romney 10 points, 49 to 39 percent, on “protecting the middle class.”
– Edges Romney by three points on “creating jobs” and “handling taxes.” Up two points on “supporting small business.”
– Crushes Romney by 17 points, 53 to 36 percent, on “handling international affairs,” and seven points on “handling terrorism.”
– Beats Romney eight points on “dealing with social issues such as abortion and gay marriage.”

On personal traits, Obama’s edge is even bigger: “He has a better than 2-to-1 advantage as the more friendly and likable of the two, and nearly that margin as ‘more inspiring.’”

Perhaps most importantly, with the backdrop of a heated debate about women’s issue, the poll confirms trends from other polls showing Romney has a “women problem.” The Post reports:

A wide gender gap underlies the current state of the race. Romney is up eight percentage points among male voters but trails by 19 among women.

It’s not surprising why, as the same poll shows Obama with a near 20 point margin on “addressing women’s issues,” beating Romney 53 to 34 percent among both genders polled. That number is likely much higher among just women.