Ticktock of this. we now have an e-mail. bob woodward said he was being intimidated. he quoted one line from jean spurring who said you re going to regret, you re going to regret this and he took that part and said that he was intimidated. the whole e-mail is out. it s hard to see intimidation in that e-mail. it sounds like spurring was walking back. he apologized for yelling on the phone. i think it really speaks of this really odd debate that we have been having in washington the last two weeks over who thought of the sequester. after all it was something that was conceived, whether it was conceiveded by the obama administration or not, it was approved by bipartisan majorities in congress and they don t know what to do with it and it just resorts to finger pointing. they love the idea that the white house is debating a
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