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Last night. he says the frontrunner status in the campaign needs to be updated. >> we did it again. [cheers and applause] we will compete everywhere. we will compete everywhere. the time is now. for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to ke sure, to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama who can take him on every issue. [applause] bill: where are we this morning? good morning, everybody, i'm bill hemmer here in "america's newsroom." how are you doing? patti ann:...

Gingrich is saying that he and santorum together can get 50%, or more than 50% and tro u.n. ce romney. is there way that these two team up somehow? >> i don't see that as very smart. i think at the end of the day people vote for a candidate that they are inclined to think is the best president. they don't vote for two. so i think the reality here is, you know, it's gingrich's prerogative to stay in as long as he wants, and he will he doesn't quit. i think it makes it harder for santorum to get to the magic number. they maybe able to stop romney from getting to 1144 and you'll see what chaos yo...

Alisyn: gearing up now for the next big g.o.p. battle in the land of lincoln. mitt romney and rick santorum both campaigning hard in illinois right now. 54 delegates are at stake when voters head to the polls on tuesday making the prayer restate a major player in what could become a two-man race. steve brown is live in washington. steve, we understand that up until now mitt romney's illinois operation was being run out of a living room, true? >> reporter: well, in a sense it was. as of a week ago the straight treasurer here and the state chairman for the romney campaign was essentially marshal...

Ppro romney super pack has run almost a million dollars worth of ads. the romney campaign itself is running ads. we expect a lot more as the days wind down until tufplts. alisyn: why is illinois tricky territory for rick santorum? >> reporter: this isn't mississippi and this isn't alabama, no disrespect intended to those states. illinois is a lot more like ohio. >> it's turned in to another battleground. as you look at illinois it really ought to favor romney. the demographics of the republican vote there are more moderate, and they are also higher income and white collar. >> reporter: so u.s....

For one day. i'm alisyn camerota in today. santorum did not gain any in the delegate fight. romney has 495, santorum has 252. newt gingrich 131 and ron paul 48. the magic number is 1,144. but santorum says he's not focused on numbers. >> people have said, you know, you're being out spent, and everybody is talking about all the math and all the things that this race is inevitable. well for someone who thinks this race is inevitable he spent a whole lot of money against me for being inevitable. [applause] bill: we heard from santorum and gingrich last night. romney did not make a speech last eve...