Romney: This election isn't being driven by money

“Let’s see,” started Romney. “Speaker Gingrich, I think announced that he raised $10 million this quarter. And he ought to be proud of that! We’re working hard to raise funds as well. This is an election, however, that’s not being driven by money raised. It’s being driven by message, and connection with voters, and debates. Experience. I think those are the features that are driving the campaign so far, and I think they will be through the entire process.”

If Gingrich raised $10 million this quarter, he raised half of what the pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future raised through 2011. Plenty of that was dumped on Iowa. Romney’s best quarter was $18 million; he promised that Q4 would be his “best yet.”