well, the candidates may be in the spotlight but the most influential aspect of the 2012 race could be what's happening behind the scenes. talking about monstrous super pacs that can raise millions of dollars without disclosing where the cash is coming from or even more and can go ahead and disclose it. msnbc national investigative correspondent, michael isikoff. mike, we've focused on a little bit of romney, a little bit of global -- of american crossroads, but has seems to be developing in this primary is that we're going to see particularly among romney and perry huge well-funded superpacs because both of them have some really wealthy supporters. >> exactly. and it really underscores just, you know, what a wild west era we're in right now in the political fund-raising world.