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3/25/14, "Billionaire mogul Sheldon Adelson looks for mainstream Republican who can win in 2016," Washington Post, Matea Gold and Philip Rucker
"Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who along with his wife plowed more than
$92 million into efforts to help mostly losing candidates in the 2012 elections,
is undertaking a new strategy for 2016 — to tap his fortune on behalf
of a more mainstream Republican with a clear shot at winning the White
House, according to people familiar with his thinking....
“Certainly the ‘Sheldon Primary’ is an important primary for any
Republican running for president,” said Ari Fleischer, a former White
House press secretary under President George W. Bush who serves with
Adelson on the RJC board. “It goes without saying that anybody running
for the Republican nomination would want to have Sheldon at his side.”
Most
of the prospective candidates have made a point of reaching out to
Adelson with phone calls and personal visits when they come through
town. The conversations are not overt pitches for financial backing yet,
but rather solicitations of Adelson’s thoughts on the economy and
Israel as well as strategy for the 2014 midterm elections, according to a
person familiar with the discussions.
Adelson, who is worth an
estimated $37.9 billion, according to Bloomberg, is a staunch supporter
of Israel. He has expressed little interest in some of the social issues
that motivate the GOP base. But he is driven by what he has said he
sees as Obama’s socialist agenda. He is a fierce opponent of organized
labor and is currently embroiled in a fight to ban online gambling.
Adelson also is lending his weight to a bid by Las Vegas to host the 2016 Republican National Convention." via Mark Levin twitter
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