 The president made his decision Saturday afternoon after his two closest aides, Steve Ruschetti and Mike Donilon, went over new data with the president showing that his race was doomed. Politico reports, in addition to presenting new concerns from lawmakers and updates on a fundraising operation that had flowed considerably, they carried the campaign's own polls, which came back this week and showed his path to victory in November was gone, according to five people familiar with the matter.