Posted on 02/14/2012 5:07:46 PM PST by VinL
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, by far the biggest financial backer of Newt Gingrich's presidential bid, is preparing to open his wallet again. But this time, the casino magnate appears to have more than one agenda.
In a bit of political chess, Mr. Adelson is ready to not only directly support the former House speaker in the Republican primary, but to use his cash to push Rick Santorum from his position atop the latest national polls, according to people to have discussed the matter with Mr. Adelson.
Enlarge Image ADELSON ADELSON Las Vegas Review-Journal/Associated Press
Sheldon Adelson, shown with his wife, Miriam, at a Nevada caucus meeting in Summerlin, Nev., could give an additional $10 million to Newt Gingrich.
If Mr. Gingrich could afford to continue campaigning, one of those people said, he might be able to draw off conservative and evangelical voters from Mr. Santorum, improving the chances of Mitt Romney, who Mr. Adelson believes has a better chance to win November's general election.
"Sheldon says we all have to keep our eyes on the goal here—beating Obama," said a person who talked with Mr. Adelson.
According to the people who have discussed the matter, Mr. Adelson could give an additional $10 million or more to an independent group supporting Mr. Gingrich before Super Tuesday, March 6, a likely pivotal day when 10 states go to the polls. The Adelson family has already given $11 million to support Mr. Gingrich since December.
Mr. Adelson has repeatedly declined to comment on his donations. He "holds his cards tight to the chest because this has been such a seesaw primary you don't know where it's going to go," said Andy Abboud, vice president for government relations at Las Vegas Sands Corp.... (snip)
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You’re confusing me, my friend. Wouldn’t it be to Rick’s disadvantage if Newt campaigned in Migh-— and split the conservatives?
It rates them annually while they are in Congress, and the ratings are based purely on how they vote. Here’s a link showing Newt had a lifetime rating of 90 after his last year in Congress, 1998: http://www.conservative.org/ratings/ratingsarchive/1998/98houseratings.htm
The 100 rating was for just the year of 1998. In the previous year, 1997, Newt received a 75.
Let’s see Saint Rick studder his way through this little scandal after it hits the MSM. And it WILL hit the bigtime, you can be sure.
This is a 6-min video simply and clearly explaining Rs... his big govt positions, his similarity to the big spenders in congress, and it is very compelling and easy to understand for lazy conservatives... I have shown it to several sanctorum’s supporters and they were taken aback... and I’d tried lots of other things before...
the narrator starts with a line about with govt spending, the deficit, the runaway federal programs, major concerns in the TP, rick santorum really isn’t what he seems... please if you have 6 min, have a look...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Iev7TKsXoHo
LOL! can’t win an arguement, so like Santorum you start grasping at straws.
Can’t win an argument, do yo understand how averages work? 90 is his average rating, 100 was what he got one year.
Oh, don’t worry, even Santorum was hoping this one would just dry up. But after he attacked Newt, payback is coming, and Saint Rick can’t handle the heat. He comes apart like wet tiolet paper.
OK genius, you show me where I ever said that Newt had a “life Time” rating of 99. That is something that you dreamed up. Period.
I suggest that you start sticking to things that actually matter and quit wasting your time spinning trivial cotton candy.
In post 43, you said: “Newt did not garner a 99% Conservative rating during his career for nothing.” There is a bigger difference between Newt’s real lifetime rating of 90 and your statement of a lifetime of 99 than Newt’s lifetime of 90 and Santorum’s lifetime of 88.
I don’t care why Adelson gives Newt the money. I just hope he does it.
There’s the clever one— you got it! -:)
Everyone is in the race to help Romney. Romney is in the race to help Obama. There is no Republican opposition. “The empire never ended”
As I read this article, it says that Adelson will fund Newt so that Newt can knock Santorum out of the race. He wants to do that so Romney will win the nomination according to the article.
Am I reading it wrong?
He is Bush III, fiscally. I would say he is just a generic Bush, except the others could win congeniality awards and had executive experience and much better resumes and could get things through Congress and had worn the uniform of their country and I could go on and on.
Just because the article says something doesn’t mean it’s correct.
I would join VinL in asking the question, if Adelson is actually for Romney, why not simply avoid helping anyone else and simply help Romney?
VinL also points out in his posts the two men, Adelson and Newt, have been close friends for many years.
Remember, it’s the Wall Street Journal, which is pushing for Romney.
I suspect Adelson fears that Santorum would lose badly to Obama in the general election, so the he wants him out of the race. At times, Santorum sounds like he’s running for pope, not president. We don’t need a pope. We already have one. But we don’t have a president. We have a radical-in-chief.
Santorum’s recent comment that as president he would fight ‘the dangers of contraception’ is the kind of thing that will send independents running back to Obama in droves.
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