Mitt Romney outspent Rick Santorum 4-1 in Wisconsin

From liberal CNN.

Excerpt:

Ads, phone calls and mailers have bombarded voters in Wisconsin in the days leading up to Tuesday’s vote — the next major battleground in the Republican presidential race.

The Badger State primary has gained significance over the last week as both Mitt Romney’s and Rick Santorum’s campaigns have indicated it could dramatically alter the momentum and duration of the race.

Romney and his allies have outspent their rivals by a little less than a 4-1 margin on television ads in the state, according to figures provided by an unaligned Republican media consultant that tracks ad spending in the nomination race.

Romney leads polls in Wisconsin and is expected to win in the District of Columbia and Maryland, which also vote Tuesday.

And something interesting from The Other McCain:

UPDATE 10:50 p.m. ET: Chris Moody of Yahoo News writes about Santorum’s campaign in Wisconsin, which included visits to seven bowling alleys and more than a few beers:

He has arguably been one of the hardest working candidates in the race, having labored his way up from the bottom of the polls when he held events in Iowa that literally no one showed up for, to becoming the lead rival to the frontrunner. The man has only taken five days off the campaign trail since last summer, and spent most of that time eking his way along financially. With weak organization to speak of and an entourage that consisted of little more than the candidate and a friend with a Dodge Ram, Santorum went from being the candidate who could hardly get his name on the ballot in some states to becoming a household name.

Ho-hum. Mitt Romney buys another state in the Republican primary. If they were spending the same amount of money, Santorum would win the primary by a landslide. This primary is being decided by money – Mitt Romney’s millions, to be precise. Romney also gets lots of money from global warming socialists and rich Wall Street bankers.

Here are Mitt Romney’s top contributors:

Goldman Sachs	$521,180
JPMorgan Chase & Co	$356,400
Morgan Stanley	$297,550
Credit Suisse Group	$296,160
Citigroup Inc	$280,050
Bank of America	$245,900
Kirkland & Ellis	$225,202
Barclays	$217,150
HIG Capital	$188,500
PricewaterhouseCoopers	$185,550
Blackstone Group	$178,050
Bain Capital	$151,500
Wells Fargo	$148,950
UBS AG	$140,650
EMC Corp	$128,300
Citadel Investment Group	$123,625
Elliott Management	$123,500
Bain & Co	$112,800
Sullivan & Cromwell	$106,650
The Villages	$97,500

Rick Santorum has to go door to door for his votes.