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1960, in the kennedy nixon race. it is a big st. patricks day story. we begin with the fight for illinois. john howell man writes for "new york" magazine, and david writes for mother jones. political analysts of the highest order. what we have is this. poll taken wednesday, two days ago. of likely republican voters in illinois, shows romney on top with 37. santorum at 31. gingrich, way down there at 14, and paul at 8. let me go to you, john howellman. is this a chance for greatness for santorum ...

Pretty moderate, should be romney country. then down state illinois, very conservative, much more like the south than like anything around chicago, and thats good hunting ground for santorum. gingrich has more or less abandoned the field, made a quick stop there today or yesterday, is now headed to camp out in louisiana. that 14% that gingrich has may erode considerably, may erode to santorums advantage. it would be a huge win for santorum if he could pick up illinois after coming in so close in...

Santorum and gingrich not on the virginia ballot. thats a huge state this time. >> its enormous and even more because when you get into the math a little bit, you realize that governor romney because he will rock in virginia and run away with the delegates there and almost certainly win more than anyone else on tuesday. he is already the leader and he will pad the lead, even if rick santorum has a great night and win ohio, figure he wins georgia, you are still talking about mitt romney almost ce...

Convention. >> we are here, we are in it to win it here in kansas. >> reporter: before tuesdays big southern prime in mississippi and alabama, rick santorum got another run after winning kansas. >> we are headed to mississippi and alabama and we will have a sweeps this week. >> reporter: after he returned south santorum set to challenge newt gingrich on what the former speaker hopes is essentially home turf as the pace of the race begins to quicken. >> this is the wildest roller coaster. you don...

Well. right now, both the president and the republic candidate, whoever it is. are pretty much even. the election could go either way. in the meantime, alabama, mississippi, and kansas are coming up next. santorum and gingrich should do fairly well in those conservative states. so mitt romney will likely take more lumps as he continues down the road picking up delegates along the way. the race will really be decided in five states, new york and pennsylvania on april 24th. texas on may 29th, and ...

That improved outlook is helping the presidents general election prospects. a matchup with the president leading romney by six points. 60 to 44. he leads santorum, gingrich and paul. there is obviously caveats here. there is still a majority who think we are on the wrong track. what was interested and the four matchups we did with the president, more than half of those we surveyed picked at least one republican during the matchup. part of the reason is ron paul does well with many of the younger...

Poll. as well as to persuade conservatives he could be trusted. >> i fought along long odds but i was a severely republican governor. >> santorum accused romney of rigging the vote. part of the straw poll game that santorum didnt take part in. >> you heard rick santorum and others claiming that romney bought the vote. that is called organization. if you have the money and organization to do it, you do it. >> santorum is surging in michigan two weeks from tomorrow. two new michigan polls show san...

2 1/2 times what rick santorum has and considerably more than what newt gingrich has, so, he is doing pretty well in terms of what determines how you win the presidential nomination. with that said the romney campaign held a briefing for supporters and made it sound like he was some sort of half crippled candidate account fact he helped up with six victories they say is overcoming expectations and alaska and the ohio squeaker, really, for them, they say, proves not only can he exceed expectation...

They are focusing on president obama during events in home state of michigan, where new polls show that he is closing the gap with rick santorum, gingrich and ron paul looking ahead to each other states, each trailing by double-digits. steve brown is on the campaign trail for us in troy, michigan. >> reporter: of the two contests michigan is far more competitive even earlier this month when mitt romney was leading by double-digit its in the polls here, in the state of michigan but that changed w...

37 percent. >> and then another call coming in. this one from alaska. romney winning alaska. this was the last one to come in at 33 percent. santorum 29 percent. coming in second. earlier in the night romney claims victory with paul coming in second. 40 percent verses -- if we could bring that back up, vermont. and we will move on to virginia for you. ron paul came in second in virginia where rick santorum and gingrich fail to do qualify for the ballot in virginia. ron at 60 percent paul at 40 p...