Spending Rises In Iowa Race

It's only one more week to go before the primary season begins in earnest with the Iowa caucuses, and the campaign pocketbooks are being opened wide. Here is the latest totals for political advertising spending in that state:

Perry campaign...............$4.4 million

Romney super-PAC...............$2.8 million
(Restore Our Future)

Paul campaign...............$2.3 million

Perry super-PAC...............$1.6 million
(Make Us Great Again)

Romney campaign...............$1.1 million

Gingrich campaign...............$475,000

Romney super-PAC...............$461,000
(Citizens for a Working America)

Santorum super-PAC...............$329,000
(Red White and Blue Fund)

Gingrich super-PAC...............$196,000
(Citizens United)

Bachmann campaign...............$166,000