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The unemployment rate is a full point higher than the rest of the country. you are about to make the case that the economy doesnt matter in illinois for this vote. >> the national economy matters. the question is which of these two men do they see has the skill set to deal with the issue. and you have a cultural divide if you will. you have chicago and the chicago suburbs where the idea of a successful business leader like mitt romney is attractive. then you have down state where the rural parts...

Down-state. governor romney is running a little better with the city of chicago where voters are more moderate. >> again, santorum will be handicapped in the delegate chase, ineligible for delegates because no slate submitted on four congressional districts. it could have been worse. most of santorums illinois delegates failed to collect the minimum number of signatures to get on the ballot. >> way short. submited 100 signatures. i have a problem with the process so im not criticizing the santor...

Just a little bit up towards the northwest. i think my mouth is freezing as it melts and freezes a little bit. i want to bring in ivan clark here. youre the public works director here. you guys have your hands full today to clear all this out. >> we have a mess on our hands. thats for sure. >> i know you guys get storms like this but a storm that stays this windy this long, does that make it more difficult? >> its pretty wide open country in this area. were accustomed to working with these kinds...

2,000 days of closing citing oil being harmful to your health from long-term exposure from skin irritation and cancer and stomach turning and seeing the oil disaster is just tremendous in terms of causing damage to the environment and to the economy. all of the beaches were rated on a five star system, and these shows you the things they were rated on, effect from the quality of the water to what its done in the past to how often they test the water and how often they issue advisories and whethe...

For the democrats. the 14th district, its where down state illinois begins. when you hear people talking about down state. democrat bill foster shocked the state with his upset win in a special election. can he hold in lean republican district in a year like this? we shall see. denis hasterts son, by the way, is running. this is dennis hasterts hold house seat. the eighth district, held by democrat melissa bean. republicans have been trying to win it back forever. this is the first chance theyre...

Then. we rode around in my car, and i filled it up with my gas and im the one who got lost if i took a wrong turn. whats amazing, though, when i think about it was how many people youd meet from every walk of life all across illinois in big cities, small towns, up state, down state, quads, you name it. and youd always hear similar stories from people about their parents, their grandparents, the struggles they had gone through and how they had been able to find a job that paid a living age and to...

Camp. mike emmanuel is with the candidate in pennsylvania. good evening, mike. good evening, mike. >> good evening, bret. it seems to be trying to turn the page from illinois as quickly as possible. they emphasized he won in conservative areas of illinois such as down state, western illinois. santorum emphasized delegates he would be picking up with romney winning the state that will only tag his lead after it was over, santorum insisted waits not a bad night. >> we did very well tonight. a very...

Have his day in the sun. >> bret: thank you. now reaction from santorum camp. mike emmanuel is with the candidate in pennsylvania. good evening, mike. good evening, mike. >> good evening, bret. it seems to be trying to turn the page from illinois as quickly as possible. they emphasized he won in conservative areas of illinois such as down state, western illinois. santorum emphasized delegates he would be picking up with romney winning the state that will only tag his lead after it was over, sant...

>> ill tell you what, tonight was a fantastic night in the land of lincoln, the place that knows barack obama better than anyone. we know what it is going to take to defeat him, come november. we know we want the strongest candidate possible. when you look at the numbers out of illinois, it is phenomenal for mitt romney in the fact that he didnt just win. there are four candidates in this race, he got about 50% of the vote, about half of the voters in illinois, with four candidates in the race, ...