former mississippi governor, halley barber, thank you. we will see what happens with the convention and whether --t wraps up tuesday or in august. >> thanks. >> shannon: you have heard the governor, now it's your turn it weigh in. will a prolonged g.o.p. primary help president obama's chances of re-election, or is it battle testing the g.o.p. field? we want to hear from you. we will read if sm of your responses later on in the show. that's our online poll question this week. we have 62.7% saying it will help president obama's chances for re-election. and 37.3% say no. >> confidence words from rick santorum. santorum says he's won every state in the midwest and a victory in illinois will solidify the success he's had so far. >> if we are able to come out of illinois with a hume surprise win, i guarantee you -- i guarantee you that we will win this nomination. >> the romney campaign says, not so fast. he says that he has insist that the delegate math shows that nobody but romney can gather the delegates needs to secure the nomination. and a

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