that seemed to work. reporter: santorum doesn t believe that friess is trying to buy influence. if he was in it for access, he wouldn t be supporting one guy four years ago at 1% in the polls and four years later. reporter: gop fund-raiser henry barber say passionate donors like friess are outgunned. there are a lot more people giving because they believe in something. they far outnumber the people who give for access. yet the people who give for access give much larger dollars. reporter: according to a nonpartisan watchdog, so far this election cycle, super pacs have raised $315 million and spent almost $100 million. much of it on ads. but those ads still leave republican candidates far behind the front-runner who hasn t spent a dime on television advertising. super pacs are a disaster. they re a scam. they cause dishonesty, and you d
they believe in something. they farout number the people that give access. yet, the people for access different much larger dollars. according to a non-partisan watchdog, so far, these super packs have raise i raised $350 billion and spent almost 100 million. much of it on atmospheres. they still leave republican candidates far behind the front runner, who hasn t spent a dime on television advertising. super packs are a disaster. they re a scam. they cause dishonesty. you better get rid of them, because they are causing a lot of bad decisions to be made by very good people. i m not blameing these folks, i guess i could. reporter: some say they re driven by a mix of business and ego. they give people what they think will support what they want. they are giving to people they know will answer their phone calls if they win and will give them access and will listen carefully to what they want on a
republican candidates far behind the front-runner, who hasn t spent a dime on television advertising. super pacs are a disaster. they re a scam. they cause dishonesty and you better get rid of them, because they are causing a lot of bad decisions to be made by some very good people. and i m not blaming these folks, but i guess i could. reporter: some experts say big check writers are driven by a mix of business and ego. they re giving to people they think will support what they want. and they re giving to people that they know will answer their phone calls if they win. and they know will give them access and listen very carefully to what they want on a public agenda. reporter: so those gop presidential political ads you see on tv, more than 80% of them so far have been paid for by super pacs, that s according to a recent report from a nonpartisan watchdog group. but how successful those ads are still is an open question, with many candidates supported by super pacs doing poorly
giving because they believe in something. they outnumber the people given for access. they get much larger dollars. according to a nonpartisan watchdog, so far, super pacts have raised $315 million and spent almost a hundred million. much of it on adds. but those adds still leave republican candidates far behind the front runner who hasn t spent a dime on television advertising. super pacts are a didsaster. they re a scam, they cause dishonesty and you better get rid of them because they re causing a lot of bad decisions to be made by some very good people and i m not blaming these folks but i guess i could. some check writers are driven by a mix of business and ego. they re giving people support they want and giving to people they know will answer phone calls and know they ll give them access and want them carefully.