Fiction addition, sunday live from noon to 3 00 eastern on cspan2. This year hosts the bison tell neil of Illinois Statehood the bicentennial of Illinois Statehood. Next, the journalists tell story about political leaders they have covered over the years and they discuss the National Role the state key figures have played in their lifetimes. This is about one hour and 10 minutes. 11 greetings to everyone. And greetings to everyone. We are glad to have such a wonderful turnout for this special program we have sponsored by the Illinois State society. We begin in kick off the state societys bicentennial celebration of 200 years of Illinois Statehood. We want to give a special welcome to all those who are viewing this event. Program topecial highlight the political contributions and the contributions of illinois political leaders here in washington and their legacies. We have a distinguished panel of folks we have gotten to know over the years who we watch on television and listen to on th
digits. nine percent for ron paul 7% for gingrich tonya francisco has more on the decisive win of mitt romney he now has supporters believing that he can wrap up the nomination before they have to the republican national convention in august . illinois delivered for mitt romney but it came at a price . mitt romney and his supporters poured in nearly $4 million into the state after wgn news poll said that ronnie and cracks and torn more running neck and neck . he reached 39 delegates preludin am just about halfway to the total delegate count required but rick santorum is people are not ready to throw in the towel pointing to how well their candidate did in conservative strongholds in downstate central and western illinois if mitt romney wants to have to have a nomination he has a lot more work to do this is not over yet it all boils down to one word freedom i am glad to hear that gov. rustromney is adopting that team but romney has also set his sights on november in presiden