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says what the objectives are. holds people accountable for following through on those measures. we have not seen it with this president. mitt romney says he developed leadership skill in business, turning around the olympics and as governor of massachusetts. mitt romney is now the national campaign chairman. organizations over time take on a personality and tempo and style of the leaders. if you look at romney s campaign, you see a campaign that is high-functioning, organized, disciplined. that is collegial and collaborative. impactful and reflects about mitt. he is often referred to overattached delicator or behind the scenes in the political campaign. he brings an element of let s sure we measure and hold accountable people for outcomes not just rhetoric.
we re only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary and both rick santorum and mitt romney are proving to be untouchable. reporter: the battle for the gop nomination has come to illinois and in the land of lincoln the republican party is a house divided in an uncivil war of words. i m somewhat experienced in the economy, i m not an economic light weight. president obama is. we re not going to be successful replacing an economic light weight wit
recent polling reflects the race has been tightening despite romney has outspent santorum 7 to 1. romney is up 6.4%. both gingrich and paul lagging far behind. on the sunday talk show circuit, both candidates were talking about the mathematical possibilities of reaching the threshold of 1144 delegates that it will take to win the nomination. i think the people of our party want to make sure we have a nominee that can beat barack obama. i know a lot of people will talk about delegates and math, that is interesting to the insiders. but the american people want to see someone who has leadership skill and experience to defeat the president. we still believe there are plenty of delegates for us to do what we ve been doing is actually going out and winning states and winning the tough battles and doing so pretty overwhelming odds. reporter: most analysts
than 50% of the vote. then, it turns to illinois, where romney has a lead over santorum, the polls have romney up by 6.4 points with 37.7% to santant s 33 opinion 3%, gingrich lagging far beyond. asked this morning about the mathematical possibilities of either candidate achieving the 1144 delegates to claim the nomination, romney had this to say. i think the people of our party want to make sure we have a nominee that can beat barack obama. i know a lot of people will talk any delegates and strategies and math and that s all very interesting to the insideirs, but i think the american people want to see someone with the leadership skill and experience to defeat the president. some analysts have suggested it s all but impossible for santorum to cross that 1144 mark, given that all of his victories have been in extremely