Mitt Romney gets huge win in Illinois Primary, Santorum on the ropes plus Romney�s speech

Rick Santorum really needed a win in Illinois to really make a move on Romney. But, he couldn�t pull it off.

Fox News reports Mitt Romney romped to victory over Rick Santorum in the Illinois Republican presidential primary Tuesday, notching his latest win in an industrial state after shelling out big bucks on advertising.

The victory delivers a setback to Santorum, with just a few contests left on the calendar before a mid-April hiatus. And it helps Romney build his case that he is marching inexorably toward the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination.

It's too early to say how the candidates will split up the 54 delegates up for grabs on Tuesday, but Romney will certainly be able to pad his lead in the overall delegate race.

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Contrary to what Newt Gingrich believes, I think Mitt is gonna get to the magic number of 1,144 delegates to snatch up the GOP nod.

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