race for the white house. and 2012 could dwarf those numbers. $278 million is how many the obama and romney campaigns combined had raised through the end of last month. but 10 to 1 is the cash on hand advantage that president obama enjoyed over governor romney which explains six, the number of fund-raisers that mitt romney attended in 48 hours this week, and meantime, $35,800 is what 25 people each paid to bolster president obama's re-election bid wednesday and a washington fund-raiser, and then there's this, $82 million is how much money super pacs in support of a particular presidential candidate have already spent this campaign season with the possibility of unlimited amounts to come. the spector of a $2 billion campaign for the white house looms in 2012. but i'm still not convinced that the figure itself is such a p b