Sheldon Adelson: Supporting Gingrich or Blocking Santorum?

[Redstate Bluegirl]

Salon's Steve Kornacki:

CNN is reporting that Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate who in the past decade has lavished $17 million on various Newt Gingrich political groups, will cut a $10 million check for Winning Our Future, the super PAC that’s aligned with the former Speaker, by the end of this month.

But the main beneficiary of his largesse will probably be a candidate other than Gingrich: Mitt Romney

Since the Florida primary, Adelson has been sending signals that he understands Gingrich is very unlikely to win the Republican nomination, that he is perfectly comfortable with Romney being the nominee, and that he doesn’t want to hurt Romney’s long-term prospects of beating President Obama.

There are also signs that Adelson, whose political involvement stems mainly from his hawkish views on Israel and the Middle East, isn’t enthusiastic about the man who has supplanted Gingrich as Romney’s chief GOP foe, Rick Santorum. Viewed in this light, Adelson’s new $10 million gift could be seen as an indirect contribution to Romney.

Link here http://www.salon.com/2012/02/17/who_is_newt%E2%80%99s_sugar_daddy_really_helping/

Hey, the guy IS in the gambling business!

[stockholmer]

1. he's either helping Rmoney by blocking Santorum, and/or increasing the odds of a brokered convention

No way the thuglet Newton is getting the Rethug nod for POTUS.

Book it.