Romney, Santorum head to Ill., next battleground

Campaigning Saturday in Missouri, Santorum attended at a rally of about 100 people in the gymnasium of a Christian school that was to host a caucus a couple hours later. He spoke less than four minutes and shook hands for another 10 before heading out to another caucus site. He arrived earlier than scheduled and left before some supporters got there.

Acknowledging there would be no winner Saturday, Santorum told a reporter that Missouri's caucuses still were important.

"Delegates. It's as simple as that. They matter," Santorum said.

Romney leads Santorum in delegates nationwide 495 to 252, according to the latest count by The Associated Press. At his caucus-site visits, Santorum noted he was being outspent by Romney but said he can overcome that.

"We don't have the money," Santorum said at a grocery-store caucus site in Wildwood. "We have you, and I'll tell you what — I'll take you over the money any day of the week."

Associated Press writers David A. Lieb in Town and County, Mo., and Jim Salter and Brian Bakst in Wildwood, Mo., contributed to this report.