last month favored the president. according to federal election reports, obama campaign took in almost $85 million in august, its best month of the year, igile the romney campaign collected $67 million, also the campaign's best month. in another crucial category, idsh in the bank, again, the president held a lead, $89 million compared to mitt romney's $35 million. one of the ways the cash thvantage has already helped the elesident is this-- >> i'm barack obama, and i , andve this message. r: reporter: mr. obama has vastly outspent mitt romney on television ads written and controlled by the campaign. 236 million on ads for the aesident, 92 million for romney. but romney has an edge when the unlimited spending by super pacs is factored in. >> obama has made a lot of bad decisions. >> reporter: romney has relied yeavily on $205 million worth of tv ads made by conservative and roo-romney super pacs.