All in: Group of conservatives pledges to raise $2 million for Santorum

More than 200 conservatives from all over the country convened at the Houston Omni for a Friday fundraising reception for Santorum’s campaign. They then met to plot strategy with the former senator Saturday morning, discussing how to overcome Mitt Romney’s growing advantage in the GOP primary and fend off Newt Gingrich.

“The message was, ‘we’re all in,'” said South Dakota businessman and conservative organizer Bob Fischer, one of the event’s co-hosts.

Fischer explained that the $1.78 million represents money that, over the course of the weekend, individuals gave and pledged to raise for the campaign and SuperPAC. “It could be significantly more,” he said. He declined to share the names of the donors writing large checks to the SuperPACs.