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state's primary today where a convincing victory for front-runner mitt romney would make it very difficult for his rivals to keep running. nbc's tracie potts joins us with more on that from washington. tracii, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rick santorum is hoping to do well in illinois, but it's going to be an uphill battle for him. meantime, mitt romney, even though he is the front-runner at this point, is not taking the land of lincoln for granted. >> these pan takes are something else, i'll tell you. >> reporter: mitt romney in his third day campaigning in illinois the ...

nbc's tracie potts joins us with more on that from washington. tracii, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rick santorum is hoping to do well in illinois, but it's going to be an uphill battle for him. meantime, mitt romney, even though he is the front-runner at this point, is not taking the land of lincoln for granted. >> these pan takes are something else, i'll tell you. >> reporter: mitt romney in his third day campaigning in illinois the land of reagan and obama. >> i'm looking for the nod here in illinois. >> reporter: romney is up nine pointes, santorum is the underdog, in...

all eyes are on illinois. voters headed to the polls in that state's primary today where a convincing victory for front-runner mitt romney could make it very difficult for his rivals to keep running. nbc's tracie potts joins us with more. >> especially rick santorum. he has an uphill battle today in the state of illinois. but mitt romney, even though he's leading the polls there, isn't taking the land of lincoln for granted. >> these pancakes are something else, i'll tell you. >> reporter: mitt romney in his third day campaigning in illinois, the land of reagan and obama. >> i'm look...

its say. folks can head to the polls today in mississippi and alabama where republican presidential candidates have been campaigning hard. caucuses will also be held today in hawaii. nbc's tracy pots joins in w washington with those details. >> it's going to be so critical in this race. the polls are tight. newt gingrich leading some of those polls. but mitt romney right behind him. in fact, leading some of them, as well. all trying to appeal to the southern voters. >> i kind of feel relatively at home here. in fact, this morning, when i had grits, i thought it was a very normal thin...