Santorum Campaign Takes New Tack on Gingrich GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Santorum campaign appears to be taking a slightly new tack on Newt Gingrich's continued presence in the race. Instead of calling on Mr. Gingrich to drop out of the race, they called for Mr. Gingrich's supporters to come to their side. "It's time for Gingrich supporters to get behind us if they truly want to have a conservative candidate; it's up to Newt Gingrich to decide what his future is," John Brabender, Mr. Santorum's top strategist, told reporters after Mr. Santorum and a crowd of about 200 people had left the hotel ballroom here where Mr. Santorum had conceded the Illinois primary. The Santorum campaign has been saying for weeks that Mr. Gingrich was siphoning votes from Mr. Santorum and has all but called for Mr. Gingrich to drop out. Mr. Brabender said that Mr. Gingrich's support was eroding and that some of his voters had already moved to Mr. Santorum, but he took a more welcoming approach than he had in the past. "We need not only Gingrich supporters," he said. We would love to have Newt Gingrich be an important voice for our campaign, quite frankly. We would like to have people who are working for Gingrich to be working for us. We would like some of his fund-raising people to be working for us. He said those Gingrich supporters had to ask themselves if their goal was to have a conservative nominee, in which case, "it's time to unify." With the Illinois loss hanging heavily in the air, Mr. Brabender stressed that the race was now an incremental one for delegates. "People are getting too focused on winning states, and that's not the contest anymore," he said. The contest is winning your share of stuff.