clinton on total dollars raised. that makes it a very unimpressive outcome for hillary clinton. she s the one that everyone said had the giant fundraising capacity. you talk to certain democratic operatives and there is not an emerging consensus, but maybe the beginning of an emerging consensus that bernie sanders may win iowa and maybe even new hampshire 37 and for the hillary clinton campaign, that is a damming emerging consensus. also the person watching all of this transpire with very perked ears and keen eyes is joe biden. there s a story running that the clinton campaign has been reaching out in earnest to donors, trying to shore up support against a potential joe biden run. this is not good. and for many, many democrats who presumed at the end of the day it will be hillary s race to lose, this is cold comfort.
small affair that all of these attendees would get hopefully face time but at the least a q and a so it s a ton of money but not a very big affair. yeah, but it s big in terms of the financial impact. i m reading wolfgang puck is preparing a special meal, $40,000 a plate meal for 150 people. at george clooney s home, you got to go big when you re there. it s not going to be mcdonald s. go big or go home. in the politics of this, the rnc sending around this bite from 2006, i want to play a bit and we ll come out on the other side about celebrity. one of the virtues ever celebrity is my fundraising capacity is higher just because i get a lot of attention, and so it s not entirely fair but i don t have to go and just work the phones now the way i had to do when i was an unknown candidate. so, the rnc is trying to make
restore his momentum and his fundraising capacity. gingrich has serious money problems. he also has in rick santorum a rival who is increasingly vocal about wanting gingrich to jump out of the race. rick santorum says he will not formally ask newt gingrich to withdraw but he s made it clear, brunt and brutally so that he believes newt gingrich is taking away conservative votes, if they were with santorum he could beat mitt romney. if it ends up close it could be a big muddle and ma might not be very good for newt gingrich bill: could be a draw in the end. what romney pulls off the upset what is your expectation as you travel throughout the state, is that possible? reporter: it is. he has a much stronger organization than a lot of folks realize in both states. he has out organized and out advertised very, very aggressively. there is no doubt that rick santorum and newt gingrich have passion in alabama and mississippi. romney has had money and it s been on the air in ads here much
carl: polls close at 7:00 local and 8:00 eastern in mississippi and alabama and no way to know based on the surveys because it was so close. newt gingrich had a lead for the preceding few days and it tied to a three-way tie in the closing days of the campaign and newt gingrich had said he has to win here in order to maintain the fundraising capacity, rebuild the momentum, lost after the south carolina win in georgia where he began his career that was discounted because he spent so much time there and so well-known. big night for newt gingrich and he has acknowledged that it is possible romney will get a third of the delegates and that is what the race for the nomination is about, convention delegates and were romney to come in a strong second or pull off one of the two wins, maybe in mississippi that would be a big set back for newt newt gingrichd
weak. guest: absolutely not. john mccain did not win either of the states, alabama or mississippi, and we are delighted we are doing so well there, and the polls are suggesting it is a three-way tie, and it is an away game for me, and i had a big day on super tuesday and there will be other states like new jersey and utah and new york and california, big states where i expect to do real well and expect to get good delegates from texas but i am delighted the people of mississippi and alabama have looked at the race and said, we need to get behind the guy who can beat president obama and i can and the other guys are nice folks but they have not organized a campaign with a staff, the organization, the fundraising capacity, to actually beat obama and i have and that is why so many people in mississippi and alabama are joining my effort. neil: do think the fact that people like sarah palin endorsing newt gingrich and other conservatives are still