that s the same time period that s marked the rise of a polarized media, i don t believe in coincidence, i see a causal connection, i m trying a different approach. by covering the news of the day in a way that enhances your ability to reach your own independent conclusions. i myself have plenty of opinions they just don t fit neatly under one label. there is plenty i have yet to figure out. take a look at today s headlines, if you ask me, we should be doing less saber rattling in crimea and ukraine. i find it distressing that all the 2016 republican presidential candidates were sucking up to a casino magnet in vegas over the weekend. 6 million have enrolled in obama care, but i remain skeptical of the economic viability of the insurance pool, until i know who s in it, over the weekend i read the report of the law firm hired by the christie administration, it sounded more
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billionaire sheldon adelson a reason to back the campaign. candidates, kasich, scott walker, former governor jeb bush and new jersey governor chris christie. political correspondent carl cameron live. carl, break it down for us. reporter: started last night. jeb bush honored at a private dinner last night in the personal las vegas airport hanger that belongs to sheldon adelson. the event close to the press and public as much of what will happen this weekend. a casino magnet and gop mega donner. owns resort and casino hosting this weekend s off the record retreat for republican jewish coalition. jeb bush and others invited to meet and speak. in 2012 adelson donated $15 million to newt gingrich s republican presidential primary
and decided to form their own organizations. for a handful of billionaires, politics is a new playground of sorts. some of the folks are becoming household name. on the right, charles and david koch, the industrial tycoons that founded americans for prosperity. they ve spent more than $27 million just since august on attack ads. for years, one of the leading funders on the left has been hedge fund heavyweight george soros. he s provided the seed money for the tides foundation, democracy alliance, just to name a few. just the last year, he has reportedly donated at least $500,000 to various democratic organizations and to the ready for hillary super pac in 2012. the nation s 11th richest man spent close to $150 million trying to defeat president obama in 2012, and now the casino magnet is concentrating on a new campaign to stop online gaming. former new york city mayor and media mogul michael bloomberg dumped $2.5 million in the democratic super pac for the democrats. last month, spent
wealthy individuals and corporations have virtually free reign in their influence over elections. take 2012, the presidential election, for example. more than $2 billion was raised and spent. and this one just $5 here or $10 there. there were some huge spenders like casino magnet sheldon adelson who funneled nearly $100 million into 2012. a drop in the bucket for him but a heck of a lot of money to spend on political campaigns. or jeffrey katzenberg who gave president obama s superpac $2 million in 2012. these are just the donations required to be public. to think sheldon could have spent that $100 million on tom perkins 289-foot yacht. look at this thing, the maltese falcon. that was recently sold for exactly $100 million. it even has its own customized submarine. but that is beside the point. i m sure he has a few toys of his own. this is the point. we all might have one vote but most of us don t have the