especially in iowa where we saw that issue destroy rick perry. when you look to the general election, can a candidate like mitt romney, who is still probably the most likely republican nominee, can a candidate like mitt romney run on immigration and then present himself to latino voters in the general in a way that would be acceptable. alex, thanks so much. thank you. we are now less than a year away from the 2012 elections. i m sure you ve seen it. the airways are getting a lot of ads. it could be the democrats who might face some trouble. two conservative groups, american cross roads and cross roads gps, have goals of spending $300 million this election cycle. priorities usa has a goal of just a third of that. $100 million.
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who barack obama will be running against. barack obama will be running against karl rove. the groups karl rove started, american cross roads and cross roads gps recently doubled what they say they will raise and spend against barack obama this season. last time around in the 2010 midterms they raised $70 million. this time their goal was $120 million to spend against obama. now they ve decided it s going to be $240 million. so the karl rove group is going to be spending nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. to defeat barack obama this next election. because karl rove, himself, is not technically the candidate, although really what does it matter, and because of the supreme court s ruling in citizens united, karl rove s groups can raise their money in unlimited fashion. unlimited donations. including unlimited donations directly from businesses. and we are getting our taste now of what that campaign is going to look like.