dagblog - Comments for "Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican" http://dagblog.com/link/billionaire-sheldon-adelson-says-he-might-give-100m-newt-gingrich-or-other-republican-13130 Comments for "Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican" en Where is George Soros? By http://dagblog.com/comment/150149#comment-150149 <a id="comment-150149"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/billionaire-sheldon-adelson-says-he-might-give-100m-newt-gingrich-or-other-republican-13130">Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/02/george-soros-democrats.html">Where is George Soros?</a><br /> By Jane Mayer, <em>News Desk </em>@ newyorker.com, Feb.21, 2012<br /><br /> Why the billionaire may be holding back financial support from Obama’s reëlection.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:20:35 +0000 artappraiser comment 150149 at http://dagblog.com In Republican Race, a New http://dagblog.com/comment/150148#comment-150148 <a id="comment-150148"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/billionaire-sheldon-adelson-says-he-might-give-100m-newt-gingrich-or-other-republican-13130">Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/us/politics/in-republican-race-a-new-breed-of-superdonor.html?hp">In Republican Race, a New Breed of Superdonor</a><br /> By Nicholas Confessore, Michael Luo and Mike McIntire, <em>New York Times</em>, Feb. 21/22, 2012 <p><em>An exclusive club in presidential politics includes individuals, couples or corporations that have given $1 million or more to “super PACs.”</em></p> <p>[....] “What unites them? They’re economic conservatives,” said Christopher J. LaCivita, a Republican strategist who helped advise Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a forerunner of this cycle’s super PACs, and who in 2008 co-founded another Republican advocacy group, the American Issues Project, that ran advertisements against President Obama. “Most of these guys are serious business tycoons,” Mr. LaCivita added. “They’ve built something big — usually something bigger than themselves.” [....]</p> </blockquote> <p><strong><u>Note the accompanying</u></strong> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/31/us/politics/super-pac-donors.html?ref=politics"><strong>Multimedia chart: Who’s Financing the ‘Super PACs’</strong></a><br />  </p> </div></div></div> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:03:51 +0000 artappraiser comment 150148 at http://dagblog.com