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>> this morning in springfield, illinois, romney continues his lightweight theme tagging the president and romney -- >> i'm not an economic lightweight, president obama is, we cannot replace one light yn weight with another. >> mark halperin, it seems like someone you consider a colleague, calling him a lightweight, is this a new -- you're frowning at my theory here, but what do you think of this? doesn't it surprise you? >> no, it happens in campaigns. neither of these guys is setting the world on fire. neither of them has a coordinated attack that i think is breaking through on their own

we're only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. >> the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary...

Fight. not so fast, here we go on the trail. >> we did it again. >> i was speaker, and while santorum was in leadership they borrowed a trillion 700 billion. we're not going to be successful in replacing an economic light weight if we elect an economic light weight. i'm an economic heavy weight, i know how this economy works. >> this election has to be about a choice not between tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee. >> and pancakes, et cetera, this is a novel name. who came up with this name? was that-- >> my name. >> there you go, all right. he did it it, he did it. but the fact is i love life. i love...

Astrazeneca may be able to help. >> bret: the neck binext big pe presidential sweepstakes is illinois. mike emanuel tells us which of the republican hopefuls might have the best shot going in to the land of lincoln. >> reporter: with 54 delegates up for grab, mitt romney and rick santorum look for support there and today romney aimed his fire at president obama. >> we will not be successful in replacing an economic light weight if we nominate an economic lightweight. >> a survey of illinois

A, if you will, an economic light weight. >> shepard: mitt romney took a break from the campaign trail today. rick santorum in puerto rico which holds its primary this weekend. ron paul and newt gingrich are in illinois ahead of tuesday's primary there. campaign carl cammeron is in washington as all the candidates are spread out. this is a must-win, we must win mississippi and alabama, newt gingrich said it, yet is he going nowhere. >> yeah he reversed himself actually before the votes were cast. at least his flip flop was within the time frame, i suppose. he said he is going all the way to ta...