Posted on 02/04/2012 5:02:27 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
LAS VEGAS — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino executive keeping Newt Gingrich’s presidential hopes alive, has relayed assurances to Mitt Romney that he will provide even more generous support to his candidacy if he becomes the Republican nominee, several associates said in interviews here. The signals from Mr. Adelson, whose politics are shaped in large part by his support for Israel, reflect what the associates said was his deep investment in defeating President Obama and his willingness to play a more prominent role in the Republican Party and conservative causes.
The assurances have been conveyed in response to a highly delicate campaign by Mr. Romney and his top Jewish financial supporters to dissuade Mr. Adelson from adding to the $10 million that he and his wife have given to a pro-Gingrich “super PAC,” Winning Our Future, that has been tearing into Mr. Romney through television advertising.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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Trump: real estate mogul and founder of an Atlantic City casino company says the United States should legalize Internet gambling. The company that bears his name, Trump Entertainment Resorts, is moving forward with plans to establish an online betting venture as soon as it's legal. The company says it wants to get in on the ground floor of the Internet gambling business, and is close to selecting a joint venture partner to run an online gambling operation.
BUT what do both Adelson and Trump have in common? They both want to insure the defeat of Obama.
Adelson was among conservative political financiers last weekend for the twice-yearly gathering of the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch near Palm Springs, Calif, where the Kochs and their like-minded colleagues discussed their efforts to ensure Mr. Obama’s defeat.
Obama, DNC was said to have amassed $1B in their war chest, but last report they claimed just $240 million.
Harry Reid has been pushing for online gambling, which is why Adelson gave a lot to Sharron Angle in 2010.
Well.
The headline here is that the NY Times thinks Massachusetts is a “battleground” state. Can we say “out-of-touch?”
Thanks fight_truth_decay.
When a billionaire id umping piles of his own money into a political campaign it is a bad sign. Whether Adelson, the Koch Bros, or Soros, the end result is that they want something. And that something is not just a candidate’s defeat or another’s triumph. They want something for themselves.
Sheldon Adelson is a great American patriot.
Very wierd. Romney is sure covering all his bases (not by being a good candidate, but by being duplicitous and vicious).
Having help from the Koch brothers would be good. I don't know what their religious background is, but they support a lot of good projects sponsored by churches, and accordingly are hated by the Dems.
The LDS is also huge in casinos (though they don't gamble).
The missing piece of the puzzle is "where does the LDS stand on Israel?" I am guessing that Adelson knows quite well.
Koch brothers are behind Romney.
There is always a Plan B, but why even leak a Plan B?
What are their beefs with Newt?
So, another leak by un-named sources undermining Newt’s chances. Romney plays as dirty as a Democrat.
Adelson and the Koch Brothers (not of the same religion btw...) are patriots while George Soros is a nut who, by his own admission, wants to play Messiah.
I don't think so...they were Tea Party supporters and Herman Cain's benefactors...and Herman and the Tea Party are aligned behind Newt.
Do you have a source for your info?
So. Romney buys off Newt backer. Free elections are bought now, and only manipulated for our viewing pleasure, to appear as if the people really had a fair shot.
Newt can’t lift a finger against a globally proportioned ambush like this.
They are? Where does that info come from?
The Dems try to go after the Koch Brothers about the pipeline but they are not involved with it. I have been watching some comments on Fox News.
I have a feeling the Koch Brothers and Adelson will be getting pressure from the dark side to jump ship.
Guess we can’t say we’re surprised, just.. disappointed.
Soros is a lot more than just a “self hating Jew.” He was a Nazi Zonderkommando in WWII - a Jew who collaborated with the Nazis and helped exterminate his own people. There is a special place in Hell waiting for Soros, and as far as I’m concerned, he can’t get there soon enough.
Not sure why he’s gone with Newt but Addelson backed McCain in 08.
This means the article is basically a fabrication from anonymous second and third hand "sources."
Given the number of negative Newt related stories lately; all of this has the characteristics of a Romney PSYOP.
So true, I think we need some sort of campaign finance reform law or something. Lets play the conservative class warfare game.
Check day before yesterday release of Romney’s blunder list, Koch name was in list.
Check also super pac list.
good freudian slip there
Interesting. This could explain why Trump endorsed Romney. Since Adelson is funding Newt, what chance does Trump have to legalize online gambling? I would think Romney would be more likely to support online gambling than Newt would anyway, since liberals tend to be more pro-gambling.
But at what point? During the primaries or general?
“They want something for themselves.”
Big money and big politics, the incestuous coupling that keeps the circle of power closed to outside interests.
oops
should be bundler list
DanRiehl DanRiehl
RT @jaketapper: Santorum: “we R not going 2 win ths election if either of ths 2 guys is nominated. Let me assure U. We will not win.”
2 minutes ago
Romney's blunder list is getting LONG.
Such as his Mormonized "I don't give a gosh-darn about the poor...but then I never met anyone who was poor. Only heathen are poor!"
The billionaire just might be someone who supports something already in the candidate’s platform or their past record of governance. It’s not necessarily anything untoward. Besides, we all get to look at their platforms before voting. It’s up to the voter to decide if they like the platform or not. It’s pretty irrelevant whether what’s in the platform is there because the candidate thought of it or because they have a supporter who asked for it to be in there.
So the only way for we conservatives to be heard is if we start tithing to casinos?
I can’t find info on when. Sounds like he and Gingrich have been friends for a long time. Certainly nothing of any great importance.
From CNN
>>Since 1990, Adelson has given $10.5 million in political contributions. While he has donated some to Democrats, most of his money has gone to Republicans, including President George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain and Nevada candidates Dean Heller, Sue Lowden and Joe Heck.<<
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/03/the-10-million-question-will-gingrich-meet-adelson/
David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, Sheldon Adelson, Donald Trump VS George Soros, Donald Sussman [new billionaire husband of [D} Chellie Pingre-ME {news} ] & _______?
It sounds to me that this is coming down to a battle of the billionaires. Adelman and the Koch Brothers (all of whom love America and are conservative) have probably 60-70 billion between them and that puts the LDS and Soros to shame.
The assurances have been conveyed in response to a highly delicate campaign by Mr. Romney and his top Jewish financial supporters to dissuade Mr. Adelson from adding to the $10 million that he and his wife have given
Wasn’t there a thread this afternoon that said the Adelson just hosted a big fund raiser with sixty high money donors at it....It seems more likely that the Press Conference has to do with a large amount of money being donated to a PAC
NYT is playing mind games with Newt’s base.
That’s where the LDS tithes have been going.
Obama’s list of billionaire contributors is lengthy: Marc Benioff, Neil Blum, Penny Pritzker, Marc Lasry, David Shaw, Kenneth Griffin, Steve Bing, to name a few...
DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED could also mean he told them F... OOps better stop there.
And the LDS uses Goodwill retail to scramble up the cash.
I think today is a record, three times already I want OFF this planet.
Herman Cain has attended and may have done so this time [outside Palm Springs] as well--they all have ties.
I would suggest people read this article closely.
Fox Business Stuart Varney interviewed Trump this past week and T said that Newt was being used to train Romney or "was useful" to make R tough in the upcoming verses Obama. Of course it was Trump speaking and he plays the game--but we still have that meeting which takes place every year organized by the Brothers and Adelson is a part of that financial Titan group in attendance.
Then again Adelson said that he and his wife would support Newt as long as Newt stayed in..so the Plan B which would have to be expected, but I would not have announced as some have. They are, however, all in unison about removing "Obama" from office.
And maybe the "associates" are Trumps people talking.
I guess we stay tuned...
Off this planet for me too. I would gladly colonize the Moon or Mars...just get me outta here!
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If they were there would be 8 or 10 Adelsons's out there right now all forking over 5 million at a time for Newt and it would have started in in SC. Not now when its too late.
I'm guilty myself. I know two people who could fork over that kind of money and I failed to get them to do it. And I bet there are others on this forum who know billionaire types as well. Where's the money? ITs one thing to talk a good fight yet another to fail to deliver.
We have failed both on Newt and on the eligibility issue. We knew all along we needed a Mark Levin style firm or we were spinning our wheels yet we let Orly bite the dust. No one's fault but our own.
MONEY talks BS walks.
Newt is the only guy capable of pulling America back from this Event Horizon.
Newt is the only person with the historical perspective and detailed understanding necessary to save this country.
5 percent of precincts reporting, Romney leads with 37 percent. Ron Paul has 29 percent, followed by Newt Gingrich with 20 percent and Rick Santorum with 13 percent. Nevada is friendly territory for Romney, having overwhelmingly supported him in 2008. Entrance polls Saturday evening showed Romney crushing the competition among those who value beating President Obama in November as the most important quality in a GOP candidate.
The polls also showed Romney leading the field by double digits among evangelical Christian caucus-goers... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/04/romney-takes-early-lead-in-nevada-caucuses/
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