almost a dollar for every man, woman, and child in america. more than half of that money came from three states along with washington, d.c. in new york state, that's two-thirds of the money donated to the top super pacs. domeinico, explain what kind of influence these contributions get them down the line. >> thomas, you noted that the money per person, we're almost now at $2 per person in this country that's been spent on tv ads. we've just passed $500,000 mark. the obama campaign and romney campaign splitting that, what the romney campaign at about $272 million, that's with outside groups factored in.