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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 isnt mississippi and this isnt alabama, no disrespect intended to those states. illinois is a lot more like ohio. >> its turned in to another battleground. as you look at illinois it really ought to favor romney. the demographics of the republican vot...

Escalate now that santorum is the conservative alternative. i think those attacks are going to increase. >> reporter: and that has been the pattern, when somebody has risen up, the flavor of the month, if you will, pattern in the republican primary, the romney campaign and its proceed romney super pack have been out there to, if you will, try to hammer down the insurgents. martha: can we expect it to be game on between these two and the attack ads once again in ohio? >> reporter: here is the wei...

Not put his money where his mouth is. theres newt gingrich getting $5 million from adelson, the casino operator in las vegas, and another $5 million from mrs. adelson. so far the romney campaign has cashed exactly zero from donald trump. ive challenged trump today on twitter. if hes so rich and can afford it, and i know he cant, let me see him match adelson in a contribution to the romney super-pac. lets see the $5 million go from trump to the romney super-pack, if he actually really is backing ...

Theres newt gingrich getting $5 million from adelson, the casino operator in las vegas, and another $5 million from mrs. adelson. so far the romney campaign has cashed exactly zero from donald trump. ive challenged trump today on twitter. if hes so rich and can afford it, and i know he cant, let me see him match adelson in a contribution to the romney super-pac. lets see the $5 million go from trump to the romney super-pack, if he actually really is backing romney and more importantly if he actu...

one of the most conservative members of the senate, jim demint, joins us. lets go "outfront." tonight, this. this is a letter from president barack obama. he just sent it to house speaker john boehner. it says, quote, further borrowing is required because the debt is limit to -- is right now close to, well, 11 zeros and a one. that means we need more money. the presidents asking congress to raise the debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion. we knew this was coming because this was part of the de...

Bankrolling these ads. the case of the gingrich super pack. the romney super pack has quite a few billionaires. million-dollar donors. others have kicked in a lot of money. the huntsman super pack is being financed by his father, a chemical executive baron. the santorum super pack is backed by foster frees of wyoming.ç so yes, its ushered in an era where very wealthy individuals can make a big impact and bankroll these ads. >> absolutely. bought and sold. thanks so much for joining us. >> than...

Had whatever happened in iowa with the romney super pack going after gingrich. he seems to have taken it personally and seems to have decided he is going to go after mitt romney as i described it on another show with a hockey gollys mask and a chainsaw. >> shepard: rush limbaugh cut through all of it and about sliced him into pieces today. >> its a very odd thing for a republic to go after another republic businessman on the idea of free enterprise, the capital systematically because guess what ...

>> he would buy it if he could. >> do you believe he is trying to buy this? >> you tell me. >> i will let you decide how you would describe it. for a state this size, to spend that number of dollars in negative ads aimed at one candidate is amazing. >> do you feel swift boated? >> romney boated. >> mark murray is in washington. romney boated as newt gingrich sees it. is this a surprise at the amount of money? >> its not a surprise. we will see so much more money spent on ads. what has been inter...

>> he would buy it if he could. >> do you believe he is trying to buy this? >> you tell me. >> i will let you decide how you would describe it. for a state this size, to spend that number of dollars in negative ads aimed at one candidate is amazing. >> do you feel swift boated? >> romney boated. >> mark murray is in washington. romney boated as newt gingrich sees it. is this a surprise at the amount of money? >> its not a surprise. we will see so much more money spent on ads. what has been inter...

that its krun f time? and were digging deeper into ron pauls writings and finding -- sexual harassment victims. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were here in the new cnn election center counting down to the final few days and hours before the first contest of 2012. the new iowa poll out today reenforcing mitt romneys place at the top of the pack, running neck and neck with ron paul. it drives home the bombshell findings of our poll this week, sh showing rick santorum has...