5 days from next contest, rivals race for money


January 5, 2012 at 10:30a.m.

5 days from next contest, rivals race for money

WASHINGTON (AP) — As they try to derail Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, his challengers face an urgent task: raising enough cash to compete. The campaign for the GOP nomination is moving into states that are more dependent on TV advertising, and nobody has yet been able to match the former Massachusetts governor’s financial operation.