WaPo:

Rivals including front-runner John F. Kerry are buying TV ads in South Carolina and other states holding primaries or caucuses Tuesday, but the former Vermont governor has chosen to forgo further advertising in this round, focusing instead on the Feb. 7 caucuses in Michigan and Washington state, campaign officials said.

Meanwhile, according to the article, this is what the other contenders are spending for Semi-Super Tuesday:

* South Carolina, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Three candidates — Kerry, the senator from Massachusetts, Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark — are prepared to spend heavily in these states. Each has bought $400,000 to a little more than $500,000 in TV time.

• Missouri. Edwards yesterday invested about $120,000 in television ads, signaling he will challenge Kerry, who has put up more than $80,000 in this up-for-grabs state with the largest number of delegates at stake Tuesday.

• Arizona. Kerry and Clark are the only candidates so far to make substantial buys in Arizona: $147,000 and $203,000, respectively.

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), who finished fifth in New Hampshire, has made much smaller buys in Arizona, Oklahoma and South Carolina, totaling $31,000.

via Political Wire, who notes about the WaPo piece:

But the kicker, sure to anger Dean contributors, is buried later in the article: Joe Trippi “forfeited a salary as a campaign manager but collected commissions — said to be as high as 15 percent in some cases — based on advertising buys.”

And now you know where at least part of that 40 million went. The Dean campaign’s big spending ways has left them choosing between advertising all the way through or holding onto some cash for Super Tuesday. With two states already lost, Dean can’t expect to get by on his good looks come this Tuesday.