to what degree does newt gingrich feel like he is under the thumb of sheldon adeleson?who what degree is he beholden to that money? he is supporting his campaign at this point. >> none of the candidates like the super pacs. it makes liars out of everyone. they have to toe this line. it's very uncomfortable. and let's be honest, no one's going to benefit from the super pac more than barack obama in the general election as well. let me say this about newt, newt gingrich. newt gingrich is a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, okay? he is scorned, he is betrayed, and he is out for revenge. he is, you know, to the prom king that is mitt romney, the scorned woman. and as a woman, let me tell you, miss gingrich, do what we all do -- >> and by miss gingrich, you will mean mr. gingrich? >> go home and eat a tub of ben & jerry's and cry in the corner in private. this is very unbecoming behavior. and it's become so personal for newt gingrich. this is no longer about winning the presidency. ìyrñ it's like a country song. >> s.e., to that point, i think there's something to b

sheldon adeleson, a guy in las vegas, a hotel magnate, gave a gingrich pac $5 million.ou know what? $5 million in south carolina you can almost buy the state. that really mattered and third, the debate. that's the other factor. 14 so far and they are tailor made for gingrich. he used them to make up for the funds he otherwise would not have. thursday night he clobbered john king of cnn, made mince of him and that exchange was aired 40 times in south carolina over the next 24-hour period. that's like 40 ads, so, i mean, you put these things together it's really worked well for gingrich this week. >> and even in some of the exit polling for some of the folks walking out said i walked in thinking i was going to voting for romney and walked out that i did vote for newt gingrich. >> two-thirds of the people changed their mind in the last week, that is -- that is amazing, that so many people would change their mind, so persuade that had way. >> now the question is, what do south carolina voters have to do with us, a and when does this maine for our primary? is it going to be

we've all been talking about sheldon adeleson, who gave that donation to the gingrich super pac. the romney super pac is flush with cash. it's become quite the financial juggernaut making a major difference in this race. >> michael isikoff, thank. let's go now to chris matthews in manchester, new hampshire. he's now with john harwood. >> john's with us now. john, you were talking about before we came on here about santorum. he's kind of the mystery man now. he did so well in iowa, not so well up here in new hampshire tonight. >> he did, but he's got some plans going forward. you were talking with rachel before about the tyranny of the tedium. >> my phrase. >> exactly. mike isikoff's point about the mitt super pac is more tedium. but there's chaos at odds with the tedium, because no one's getting out of the race. rick santorum's campaign raised $3 million in the last week. they did not spend one nickel on broadcast in new hampshire. they started today $15.5 million buy in south carolina. their goal here, they say it doesn't matter what shakes out between gingrich and santorum for