it s x factor this year because there s a game changer now in the santorum momentum that s happening reet now and cpac is a very dynamic place. if a person has a speech that takes over the place, it could change everything. i was at the straw poll, the florida straw poll about three months ago when herman cain won. and that surprised everybody. and that started his momentum going forward until the herman cain implosion occurred. and i think that right now rick santorum has a unique opportunity to gain unprecedented momentum because mitt romney has chosen not to connect with the conservative grass roots. the tea party right, so mitt romney is going to give a speech but he s also met with conservatives because of all those things that you say. he s kind of getting in to get a one-on-one message here sort of private meetings. and then, number two, rick soon santorum has to deliver a message that leverages off the momentum. how does he do that? well, this crowd yesterday wh
election commission. that would make it the most expensive election season in american history. but here s the dirty truth about american history. money always seeps into politics, and it has been going and going and going for a long time. take president mckinley s campaign at the turn of the century. even know that guy? railroad and steel barron s gave him the then insanely kingly sums of $6 million for his 1896-1900 presidential win. that would be a lot of money even now. president nixon was given $2.5 million by one guy, an insurance executive when he ran for president in 68 and 72. just two examples of what happens every time. over the years laws on campaign financing has tightened. but yet this is the strange thing. make it harder and you say you can t give money here and then it goes there, and more money gets spent every single time. even with the mccain bill that was passed in 2002 which required limits in two candidate, guess what, a lot of cash has found its way i
outfront tonight, big, big, and bigger money in politics. upwards of $11 million will be spent on this year s election, according to the federal election commission. that would make it the most expensive election season in american history. but here s the dirty truth about american history. money always seeps into politics, and it has been going and going and going for a long time. take president mckinley s campaign at the turn of the century. even know that guy? railroad and steel barron s gave him the then insanely kingly sums of $6 million for his 18 - 1896-1900 presidential win. that would be a lot of money even now. president nixon was given $2.5 million by one guy, an insurance executive when he ran for president in 68 and 72. just two examples of what happens every time. over the years laws on campaign financing has tightened. but yet this is the strange thing. make it harder and you say you can t give money here and then it goes there, and more money gets spent ev
that s what the pro santorum super pac red white and blue just told outfront about its cash raising today. the donations pouring in for the candidate who exceeded frankly everybody s expectations last night beating mitt romney in a three-state sweep. santorum met with potential donors in texas today and he s actually headed to california to meet even more potential deep pocketed donors. he s not stopping there. he just sent out another e-mail asking for money. here s what it says, we have it. quote reagan got on a roll winning in north carolina and a slew of states after that, the conservative base rallied to him despite all odds. he went all the way to the convention. clearly, rick santorum feeling pretty good. we re doing really well and we feel like going forward, we re going to have the money we need to make the case we want to make. okay, making the case though and winning are two very different things. former pennsylvania senator is lagging behind his rivals when
good evening, i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, the single best day of fund raising. that s what the pro santorum super pac red white and blue just told outfront about its cash raising today. the donations pouring in for the candidate who exceeded frankly everybody s expectations last night beating mitt romney in a three-state sweep. santorum met with potential donors in texas today and he s actually headed to california to meet even more potential deep pocketed donors. he s not stopping there. he just sent out another e-mail asking for money. here s what it says, we have it. quote reagan got on a roll winning in north carolina and a slew of states after that, the conservative base rallied to him despite all odds. he went all the way to the convention. clearly, rick santorum feeling pretty good. we re doing really well and we feel like going forward, we re going to have the money we need to make the case we want to make. okay, making the case though and winning a