romney and his allies are crushing santorum on illinois tv and radio, outspending him by a 7-1 margin. he s never run a business or a state. on the trail, the candidates have been seriously trading jabs. i don t think we re going to replace an economic lightweight with another economic lightweight. i heard governor romney here called me an economic lightweight. because i wasn t a wall street financier like he was. reporter: romney s focused on santorum, but an off-the-cuff comment may be met with cheers at the obama headquarters. y believe the economy is ticking back, by the way. it s had ups and downs. i think it s finally coming down. the candidates may reveal what they think about their chances. tonight, mitt romney holds an event in illinois while santorum holds one in gettysburg, pennsylvania. but his campaign knows that s
less likely. romney has a chance to win this big enough to be convincing and compelling. if he wins big, what does the calendar look like in the future? is it great news for him? i have it made? if he wins big, if romney wins big, it becomes two things the romney people have argued that become much more accepted. one is santorum can t get to a majority and romney, can. then wisconsin in a few weeks becomes almost the whole deal. if an sore um can t win in wisconsin. if he can t win tonight or wisconsin romney has it wrapped up. i think santorum does well in wisconsin. you have louisiana this weekend where santorum and gingrich do well. in april, it s a lot of states where romney does well. maryland, district of columbia, connecticut. the only good states in that
illinois voters start heading to the polls in a republican primary where 69 delegates are up for grabs. polls show mitt romney with a lead as the voting begins, some as w a big lead. he s hoping a convincing win in illinois will further make his case that math is on his side. rick santorum will be watching the returns tonight in gettysbu gettysburg, pennsylvania. yesterday he was on the defensive over these comments he made during a final campaign stop in illinois. we need a candidate who will be a fighter for freedom. who s going to get up and make that the central theme in this race because it is the central theme thin this race. i don t care what the unemployment rate is going to be. it doesn t matter to me. my campaign doesn t hinge on unemployment rates or growth rates. there s something more foundational going on here. mitt romney didn t waste time trying to capitalize on santorum s remarks. i m kerneled abo concerned a people out of work. one of the people running for the
group in april for santorum, pennsylvania, which is his home state and wisconsin where he can pull off an upset. if he can get through april, may is a better month for santorum. the race moves to the southern and plains states where he s done better. it s a good run for romney throughout april. santorum needs to win something other than pennsylvania to continue to demonstrate viability. romney is in good shape. h he s made it through his hard part of the calendar. over the next month or so, santorum loses support and money? if romney is not getting to the 1144, why would santorum get out of the race. if the win is big enough tonight, the romney people say he can get there. the other thing is, you know, the press is schizophrenic. we love the race and competition. on the other hand, we have this manic desire to say to people,
jail right now. is that right? there s a tad bit of a problem there. four in jail right now. i mean, that s e-mailed me and said term limits mean something completely deferent in illinois. something to be proud of. i can t understand why santorum went to puerto rico for three days rather than illinois. it s winner take off. why he didn t just go to illinois and camp out. the thing is about rick, he said yesterday when he came on the show and said i won ten states. he won ten states. this guy really was. i have a good friend that has been with him from the very beginning. the day of the election in iowa, invited basically the whole campaign team to go eat lunch. all two of them came out. we had lunch.