it s gone already. what happens interesting is the supreme court is going to bring into very sharp focus the individual mandate which is a big talking point. it is a difficult one, though, of course for mitt romney given his record in massachusetts and his record on the individual mandate. let s we did a little sleuthing around. november 2004, the boston glob wrote after romney proposed the health care plan romney believes individuals not to obtain insurance in 2005. june 2005 he said it s the ultimate conservative idea. july he said we can t have 40 million people saying i don t have insurance. and if i get sick i want someone else to pay. and october of 2005 he said i don t see how it works without an individual mandate. phil, how complicating is this for your man, mitt romney? i think, look, governor romney s been clear about this. we ve had 20-plus debates in the republican party talking about our platform. we ve heard about the individual mandate. governor romney s been clea
the one thing to know about illinois is that 70% of the vote in the illinois primary comes from north of the interstate 80 that cuts the state in half. or the bulk of the vote comes from, it comes from that region. that s why you spend more money in television in that neck of the woods. there are all kinds of different parts of the state, some are more conservative, some more independent and moderate. spending that you re talking about from the perspective of advertising reflects tactical decision of the super pac and the romney campaign where they should be driving their message. folks on my left, bill, you re a money man. i said the word carpet bombing, there s a tally somewhere, in the tens if not 20s. this is again we ve seen romney strategy play out again and again. right. the question, i think, all of us are wondering is, does a win in illinois put it away or is it more of the same where romney spends a bunch of money, wins by some margin that is not enough to cem
we worship god s son jesus christ. do i agree with his statement that america i believe in freedom of religion and all religions are welcome and should be, and i think i made that pretty clear throughout my campaign. we ve got both campaigns covered for you this morning. peter alexander is with the romney campaign in chicago. ron matta is with the santorum camp, and he joins us from gettysburg, pennsylvania. let s start with you this morning. rick santorum, the underdog, strong underdog in this contest. his campaign is doing well, but they ve had some slip-ups over the past 48 hours. how well does he need to do tonight to really stay in this game with the momentum that he has gathered all the way through? hey there, thomas. well, it s all about momentum for this campaign. when you are fighting a grassroots effort like they are, momentum brings victories. victories bring cash, and that s what they ll need in this campaign going forward. that s probably why we re in get
or the bulk of the vote comes from, it comes from that region. that s why you spend more money in television in that neck of the woods. there are all kinds of different parts of the state, some are more conservative, some more independent and moderate. spending that you re talking about from the perspective of advertising reflects tactical decision of the super pac and the romney campaign where they should be driving their message. folks on my left, bill, you re a money man. i said the word carpet bombing, there s a tally somewhere, in the tens if not 20s. this is again we ve seen romney strategy play out again and again. right. the question, i think, all of us are wondering is, does a win in illinois put it away or is it more of the same where romney spends a bunch of money, wins by some margin that is not enough to cement is position as the nominee and the race goes on? by the numbers it does not end. rick santorum and newt gingrich do not seem like they re going an
added momentum with his win, he captured 83% of the vote, all 20 delegates. rick santorum was not able to garner much support. his own camp admitted damage was done when he told a local newspaper speaking english should be a requirement for puerto row coto gain state hood. rick santorum has a consistent show and when he went to puerto rico and took a locally unpopular it s hard to get through it. shocking. mitt romney on the other hand switched another of his positions to gain favor in puerto rico saying puerto ricans shouldn t have to learn english if they want to become a state. romney has twice as many delegates as any other candidates. tally he stands at 518 for governor romney. senator santorum with 239, newt gingrich has 139 and ron paul has 69 delegates for that congressman. so we re going to get to alice stewart in a moment. first let s talk about what we have heard from rick santorum. he is promising as he goes into this that if he wins illinois he will tak