GOP Presidential Primary

Mitt Romney clearly did not mean to "dis" a beloved local bakery near Pittsburgh this week, but Democrats are leaping on his comments as they work to paint the likely GOP nominee as out of touch with voters.

Hogan Gidley, who served as communications director for Rick Santorum's now-defunct presidential campaign, said Wednesday that his former boss will discuss an endorsement with the presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney in the "next month or so."

While the general consensus is that Mitt Romney has all but officially clenched the Republican presidential nomination, Ron Paul isn't going quietly into the night.

It's "an uphill battle we fight," said Romney about claims some in the media are coordinating attacks with Obama's campaign.

Voters like Mitt Romney on the economy but not much else.

Some conservative lawmakers remain unsure about Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee.

Mitt Romney, the likely GOP presidential nominee, on Tuesday bashed new White House proposals to expand oil market oversight, alleging the plans are the latest in a string of bad ideas.

“President Obama’s government by gimmick is reaching another new low today,” Romney said in a statement. “While American families struggle to pay gas prices that have doubled on his watch, the President’s only solutions are to target oil and gas producers for higher taxes and now to dramatically increase federal regulation.”

The White House on Tuesday urged Congress to take several steps to boost oversight of speculation in oil futures markets and root out any potential market manipulation. The plan calls for tougher penalties for manipulation, more funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and several other steps.

"I will be proud to support Mitt Romney and do everything I can to help him win,” Boehner told reporters.

Mitt Romney's campaign believes it will need to raise some $800 million to compete with President Obama this November, according to internal memos obtained by The New York Times.

In addition to those funds, the campaign believes another $200 million will be spent by outside super-PACs in support of a Romney candidacy, projecting more than a billion dollars spent in total on the 2012 race — by Republicans alone, according to the report.

As to where the money will come from, Romney's aides believe they can collect more than half a billion dollars from donations to Romney Victory, a joint fund with the Republican National Committee targeting high-dollar donors, who can give over $75,000 apiece.

The campaign also hopes to raise an additional $300 million from smaller donations. That grassroots support has thus far proven difficult for the Romney campaign, especially relative to other Republican presidential candidates and Obama.

Asked if his constituents were enthusiastic about Romney's candidacy, King said on Tuesday that "so far they're not."