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About it. he's a progressive guy. a lot of progressive minded business leaders said i voted for him, i gave him a lot of money, i love him. i understand wall street needs to be tamed and we need regulations but this guy doesn't understand what makes america great. economically. what makes us thrive. so, i think romney's message there maybe not to independents or democrats but at least to the conservative base strikes a cord. >> he only seems authentic when he's in that mode. that's the one place he seems to do well. that's the real romney speaking. otherwise, there's nothing else that he tries...

>> they have all been great. very good, tina. we'll talk about that more. let's go to news. >> with a big delegate lead, romney is looking to refocus his campaign message on attacking the president. speaking at the university of chicago, where barack obama once worked, the former massachusetts governor slammed the president's economic policies. >> the obama administration's assault on the freedom is why the recovery has been tepid and why it couldn't meet their expectations let alone ours. if we don't change course now, the assault on freedom could damage our economy and the well being of amer...

In general. >> we are leading up to them to find out what they have to do to find their nominee. in the meantime i think there is hurt that is to the american people because they don't get to the heart of the issues. if we just look at the fanny and freddie debate we are learning how much in ads each one of them invested or made but we are not hearing a solution to the foreclosure problem. in addition we are also -- we don't hear from romney whether or not he still beliefs that the bottom should fall out on housing and more people falling out of their homes. it is that that hurts the american ...

They have been able to turn the page. >> today is a big day in illinois, right? >> let's head to illinois. the voters hit the polls. a win for romney could cement his front-runner status. a santorum victory could boost that romney can't rally the conservative base. santorum is on the defensive over these comments he made in illinois yesterday. >> you need a candidate who is going to be a fight er for freedom, who is going to get up and make that the central theme in this race. it is the central theme in this race. i don't care what the unemployment rate is going to be. doesn't matter to me. my...

He doesn't care about poor people? we all picked that apart and jumped on it as if it was really big news. remember that comment? do any of you? >> of course. he said he's not concerned about the very poor. he said i like being able to fire people. he would argue there's context. >> that poor people comment, that does reflect a larger truth. that reflects a campaign strategy that i'm focusing on building up the middle class. i do remember that. that was more concerning. some of these things romney said, not quite as much. but, santorum is bringing up a bigger point here. he can obviously speak...