party raised $181 million, bringing his re-election total to $835 million. romney s raised at least $548 million so far. mitt romney s spent his second consecutive day asking for votes in florida. thank you. reporter: the republican contender s riding some momentum from last week s debate. he s drawn his biggest crowds to the campaign. 6,000 in orlando and nearly 8,000 in st. port lucy. you ll all have a chance to hear his answers or his non-answers. of course, days later we re hearing his excuses and next january we ll be watching him leave the white house for the last time. reporter: this week it s the running mates turns to debate. karen travers, abc news, washington. and we re just three days now from the next big debate, as karen just mentioned, between joe biden and ryan. biden is in delaware with intense preparation with the