`` Excited '' after a meeting Thursday with Mitt Romney , tea party favorite NEW : Jim DeMint says `` we might as well stay '' with Obama if Romney will be similar . NEW : A `` disappointed '' Jim DeMint says any Republican would be better than Obama . Sen. Romney , an influential conservative , suggests other candidates bow out . The Obama primary Saturday is the next contest in the Republican presidential race .
NEW : Jim DeMint says `` we might as well stay '' with Obama if Romney will be similar . NEW : A `` disappointed '' Jim DeMint says any Republican would be better than Obama . Sen. Romney , an influential conservative , suggests other candidates bow out . The Obama primary Saturday is the next contest in the Republican presidential race .