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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will campaign in all of North Carolina's major media markets Saturday.

The former House speaker will start the at 11 a.m. with a tour of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, followed with a press availability. He is then scheduled to speak to the Prospertea Rally in Greensboro between 1:30 and 2 p.m. before attending a fund raiser there.

At 5 p.m. will attend a local GOP opening in Wilson. And around 7 p.m. he is scheduled to speak to a Tea Party rally on the Halifax Mall in downtown Raleigh. Gingrich is returning to the state, having campaigned in Raleigh on Monday and in New Bern on Tuesday.

A North Carolina-based super PAC launched two TV ads worth this week supporting Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential primary.

Keep Conservatives United is the brainchild of Bob Harris, the legendary research for Jesse Helms' Congressional Club. He loaned his super PAC $14,000 in March to fund the advertising, according to federal campaign finance reports.

The first 30-second spot, above, hits Newt Gingrich for his marital affairs. (Key line: "An affair because you worked too hard. Sit down, Newt.") And the second ad, below, hits Mitt Romney on the issue of healthcare, saying he can't attack the president on Obamacare because of his Massachusetts record. (Key line: "Mitt Romney and Barack Obama stole people's freedom with their mandates.")