so in ho, we're no longer fly-over, sheldon., listen, sheldon, thanks for inviting me. >> oh my god, it's like a command performance with the queen. >> and it's necessary for these guys. it's smart for them if they actually want to run for president, they need to have either sheldon adelson or folks like him on their side. >> do you know him very well? >> publicly, he likes -- >> here is the only thing you need to know. most people don't like it that overt. >> he is the tenth richest guy in the world according to bloomberg. >> by the end, macau with the cash registers zinging out there. apparently there were roulette tables and crap tables in macau, he makes three times what he makes in vegas. no matter how much he gives away in next presidential cycle, he'll be richer attend of it. >> last time he gave away $93 million. >> and it's unique in that he will weigh in a republican primary where as a lot of the guys are more cautious. >> the koch brothers like to have influence and power. they don't mind people knowing it generally,

it goes above and beyond sheldon adelson.lawmakers,can candidates, have been showing up not to kiss the ring, but because it is an important issue, the same way many republicans and democrats show up every year to the aipac annual conference, and the same way that many democrats trekked sabano the haim conference, a very wealthy billionaire jewish contributor. you, everybody from president barack obama to president clinton to secretary of state hillary clinton trekked to his conferences. it really is, i think, demeaning which is a well established an important organization, to claim it as the sheldon adelson primary. that does not mean the money is not important, that sheldon adelson is unimportant, that important, that visa bond checkbook is not important. but let us remember this is an -- entire organization that has existed and will exist before and after sheldon adelson. , you all want to long-term, he is a friend of mine. he is also my tenant. i saw him yesterday, in fact, at lunch. >> was he in new hampshire, by chance?

has sheldon adelson learned anything from newt gingrich?> 1995, gingrich was speaker and they developed a relationship over the issue we were just talking about, israel. it was a deeply personal commitment he had to gingrich. people will not believe this, but sheldon adelson was naive about what would happen once he gave all that money to that group helping newt gingrich and change the dynamic in south carolina. he didn't expect to become a focal point. if he didn't expect to become a focus of national media attention back then, think what's going to happen in 2016 when he says he's going to spend a lot more money and when it won't be personal. now he wants to back someone who will win. i have to tell you, i talked to somebody very close to sheldon adelson who said he met with all these guys while they were out here. there was no clear favorite. let's face it. look what the date is. it's march 31st of 2014. this guy could change his mind six, eight times before he decides who to back. i'll tell you another thing. i don't think he's going to

it goes above and beyond sheldon adelson.lawmakers,can candidates, have been showing up not to kiss the ring, but because it is an important issue, the same way many republicans and democrats show up every year to the aipac annual conference, and the same way that many democrats trekked sabano the haim conference, a very wealthy billionaire jewish contributor. you, everybody from president barack obama to president clinton to secretary of state hillary clinton trekked to his conferences. it really is, i think, demeaning which is a well established an important organization, to claim it as the sheldon adelson primary. that does not mean the money is not important, that sheldon adelson is unimportant, that important, that visa bond checkbook is not important. but let us remember this is an -- entire organization that has existed and will exist before and after sheldon adelson. , you all want to long-term, he is a friend of mine. he is also my tenant. i saw him yesterday, in fact, at lunch. >> was he in new hampshire, by chance?

. >> what is who's the big winner after this weekend's unofficial sheldon adelson primary in las vegas? >> republican hopefuls went trooping to kiss the ring. >> candidates going to kiss the ring. >> of pac meister sheldon adelson. >> scott walker and john kasich. >> each has their weaknesses. >> along with former governor jeb bush. >> jeb bush could possibly appeal to women and latinos and african-americans. >> how strong are jeb bush's chances? does he actually really want it? >> i think he's looking at that time but i don't think it's a done deal. >> wasn't so long ago we were talking about chris christie. >> a report on the bridgegate scandal was released thursday and clears the governor of any wrongdoing. >> reality of it is this thing is still far from over. >> and you can totally trust it because it was fact-checked by independent investigator trish christie. >> christie's fall has really i think forced the focus onto jeb bush. some of the gop's biggest names are working behind the scenes. >> i don't think anybody has an appetite for a third bush presidency. >> to draft jeb bush

it's all there. >> exactly. >> john, look, let's take sheldon adelson. he had four presidential candidates out there. he gave $92 million the last time. this is going to cause political leaders. you go straight out to visit him in las vegas. he put $15 million that kept newt gingrich alive, then he gave romney $30 million. that's the guys, people are going to go and court these people. >> he has a particular set of issues he cares about. >> sheldon adelson, our kind of guy. >> a programming note. the fort hood shooting is still a developing national and international story with press impact in the u.s. and around the globe. this will probably include press produced comment from worldwide notables, including u.n. and nato figures and possibly political figures like vladimir putin. the group will discuss this fort hood subject. regrettably, it's an on going press story. issue two, pardon pollard? >> the president has not made a decision. >> jonathan pollard, a u.s. citizen has been in prison in the united states for nearly 30 years. his crime, espionage. p

it goes above and beyond sheldon adelson.it discusses very important issues, and top republican lawmakers, candidates, have been showing up to these conferences for decades, not to see sheldon adelson or kiss his ring, but because it's an important issue. the same way that many, many republicans and democrats show up every year to the aipac annual conference, in the same way that many democrats tracked over to the haim sabaan, one for a powerful, wealthy billionaire jewish country better, and i can tell you, everybody from president barack obama to president clinton to secretary of state hillary clinton tracked to his conferences. so it really is i think the meaning to the rjc which is a very well established an important organization to choose climate as a sheldon adelson primary. that does not mean that money isn't important it doesn't mean that sheldon adelson is an important it doesn't mean george soros isn't important it doesn't mean that haim saban's checkbook isn't important. but it also let us remember that this is an

check out the republicans talking about the koch brothers and sheldon adelson.> hey, listen, sheldon, thanks for inviting me. >> the koch brothers. because the two of them have stood up and expressed their views are subject to vilification and personal attack. >> it would be impossible for me to be here and thank everybody without mentioning sheldon and mayor yam adelson. >> i just thank god there is a billionaire or two on our side. >> say sheldon and i owned a restaurant together. >> god bless the koch brothers. they're fighting for our freedom. >> god bless the koch brothers. so these guys are loving them as they give all this money. >> isn't it great when you've had relations with professional sex workers in both washington and new orleans that you can give blessings? i thought you had to be at least a minister like yourself, reverend. i didn't think a guy like bob mill kerr start issuing blessings. that kissing booth you just put together there is so embarrassing. i mean, it's one thing to take the guy's money. but do you have to kiss him? do you have to bo

sheldon and i owned a restaurant together, so in ohio, we're no longer (unintelligible) over sheldon.ey, sheldon, thanks for inviting me. >> the influence of the superrich has created a financial arm's race between the two parties. in 2000, bush and gore spent a combined $260 million on their general election campaigns. in 2012, obama and romney together spent over $1 billion. and that doesn't count the political party spending that added up to basically another $1 billion, also exponentially higher. now, the same growth we've seen on the presidential level is probably coming to a congressional race near you. for years, there were two sets of limits put on individuals so that no single wealthy person could exert too much influence. at least, that was the attempt at the reform. yesterday, the supreme court struck down one of the limits, getting rid of what had been a ceiling of $48,600 in donations to all candidates for federal office, and $74,600 to political parties and pacs. for a combined total of $123,200 in any two-year election cycle. in a 5-4 ruling, the majority said political

sheldon ai adelson, another billionaire who's been in the paper a lot, has brought cans to las vegas for the presidency to talk to them, he also saw a huge are increase in his wealth over the last year. so an oligarchy -- what is the face of oligarchy? the face of oligarchy is what we see in russia, and many people refer -- think of oligarchy and think of russia. in russia, after the collapse of the soviet union, a small number of bureaucrats were able to steal a lot of public property, and they became multibillionaires. they controlled oil companies, banks, gold mines, aluminum companies, television stations and other state-owned companies and that is how they became oligarchs. people say oligarchy, that has to do with russia. what does it have to do with the united states of america? well, it has everything to do with the united states of america because that is the direction in which we are moving. let me give you some examples of what oligarchs do. when we think of oligarchy, we might want to think of a gentleman named hank mckennel jr., the c.e.o. of pfizer, a major drug company

like casino tycoon and republican mega donor sheldon adelson. he spent millions and millions to defeat the president in 2012. yet according to "forbes," adelson is worth over $34 billion more today than he was in 2009. meaning his wealth has increased tenfold under obama. but that apparently is not enough. then there's home depot co-founder ken langone who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars against obama. he's upset he's not getting enough love. >> if we change the faces in the white house, we're on the road to recovery. >> you think it's that simple? >> i believe it's that simple. we need leadership. we need cheerleading. we need encouragement. we need businessmen and fat cats to feel like they're doing something good, not that they're villains and not that they're criminals. >> reporter: langone has doubled his net worth since obama's been president. and it's not just these men. no one has had it better in the obama era than the extraordinarily rich. >> if barack obama begins taxing me more than 50%, which is very possible, i don't know ho

. >> sheldon and i owned a restaurant together. >> so in ohio, we're no longer flyover, sheldon.n, sheldon, thanks for inviting me. >> republicans are thrilled with the ruling. the republican party even sided with mccutchen in the case. >> the reason we're excited is that it brings the political parties -- i think the most accountable groups in america a little bit closer to exercising our first amendment rights, just like everybody else. >> first amendment rights like everybody else. perhaps "the new york times" says it best. the mccutchen decision is less about free speech than about giving those few people with the most money the loudest voice in politics. with this ruling, the loudest voices are about to get even louder. joining me now, role call's eliza carney, and scott ross. thanks to both of you for being here. and i want to start with you, eliza. let's sort of talk about this elite that has benefited, surely will benefit from the supreme court ruling. in the last election cycle, you had 1,219 elite donor, $155.2 million. now, that's compared to four million small donors

it's sheldon adelson's, you know, kiss the ring fest last weekend, two weekends ago. and, you know, it's amazing they think they can get away with talking in those terms about yet more war in the middle east. they're looking forward to it, they want it. and, you know, back to the point you made a second ago, chris, i think while the republican party may want to get away from bush and cheney to some degree. >> lot of people in the party, john mccain and bill crystal and others who are not going to sit by and let rand paul define what's going on. this is going to get a whole other aspect of this civil war we've been talking about. >> this doesn't seem to be something like how much money to spend on agricultural supports. you make it 10 or 15 or around 12. how do you compromise in the middle between these total hawks who are always, i call it like a pez dispenser. they always have a war they want to fight. there's always one ahead of them they're hungry for. this time it's iran or get into syria. but it's iran primarily. and people who say that was the wrong road to take

sam, let me ask you -- [cheers and applause] -- this is crazy. >> yeah. >> jon: if sheldon adleson didn'tpprove as a term as widely accepted as occupied territories what does he think is an acceptable term for that area? >> he is not picky. open to a number of different names outer israel, israel in waiting, palestinian terror emporium. >> jon: those are not the most objective terms. and occupied territories is fairs. it clearly suggests territories being occupied perhaps by a foreign military or countless foreign settlements. [ laughter ] >> jon: you just described the west bank. that is exactly what is happening in the west bank. >> okay "the daily show" with yasser arafat. i got you. i got it. [ laughter ] >> jon: when did the guy who makes donald trump's hair look natural get veto power over every word republicans say about israel? >> not just israel, jon. he wants unions called thug collectives, offshore tax havens are now money resorts and he does not use a motorized scooter he practices extreme sitting sox rad, i know. >> jon: i'll give you that the man is a champion sitter. listen

president including governor chris christie showed up at an event put on by billionaire casino owner sheldon adelson who along with his wife spent more than $93 million in the 2012 elections. the candidates were clearly there to woo him and his sizeable checkbook. >> hey, listen. sheldon, thanks for inviting me. >> reporter: supporters of the contribution limits say the ruling increases the political power of the super rich like adelson. >> now he can give more money directly to congressional candidates than he was able to do before today's decision came down. >> reporter: the ruling undoubtedly means more big money in politics. >> today's ruling is going to cause the same explosion of spending on congressional races that we've seen in the presidential level. in 2000, bush and gore spent a combined $130 million on that general election. 12 years later, obama and romney spent $2 billion. >> reporter: but republicans call the ruling a victory for political freedom. >> it brings the political parties, i think the most accountable groups in america, a little bit closer to exercising our first am

we have what i now am going to officially dub the sheldon adelson primary. it was held a few weeks ago in las vegas. you can tell by who chose to participate in a primary who is looking -- not necessarily who lookinged, but who is favore for 2016. they went to a forum sponsored by the world's eighth richest man, sheldon adelson, whose principal interests are two -- israel and the prevention of internet gambling, which will, of course, cut into the fact he eighthworld's richest man. so the people who went to las vegas to see sheldon adelson included a many may have heard of, is christie. anyone here heard of him? he has been out of the news lately. he is the governor of new jersey, which includes part of the george washington bridge. [laughter] only half of the george washington bridge, as my good friend points out. not the new york half of which is behaving a bit better. toumber of other people went participate in the abelson primary. they included scott walker, the governor of wisconsin. they included john kasich, the governor of ohio. they did not go becau

a number of other people went to participate in the sheldon adelson primary. scott walker, the governor of wisconsin. john kasich, the governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas. did not explain what the hebrew pronunciation of name is because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson's support -- that is what we call shameless pandering. that is what was going on in las vegas. they understood that this was, as was the case four years ago when people came to visit donald sheldonhat they needed adelson's support. in a few short months, the capitol visitor center will be completed. the work of this congress will be described to future generations. visitors will view an introductory film. in my first speeches your speaker, i said that solutions to problems cannot be found in a pool of bitterness. the framers expected the floor of this house to be a place of passionate debate, a place where competing ideas and philosophies clashed, a crucible where many ideas can be blended together to form a strong nation. but this floor should also be

no one compared to sheldon-adelson. >> he had no one to give to last time.he's a hillary clinton person, not a president obama person. >> this could go on for a long time, and i want the other panels a chance to comment. [laughter] >> they turned their microphones off. >> well, turn them back on.

the sheldons, koch brothers, we want to force them into the parties. not that they're trying to kiss up to special interests, but so the parties have the power and can direct the money. at least they have a national constituency. at least they have to think about national majorities. >> if limitations worked for ronald reagan four different times, if he could accept it and win an election in an equally-funded general election, that is, to me, the golden period of american politics from 1976 up to 199 1996 and reallyo 2008, basically, when we did have public funding. it would be so much cheaper for american people if we had public funding for elections. >> i'm a little nervous about public funding. it's better than what we have now. >> woodruff: i want to leave time for baseball. quick question on the healthcare law. did the administration get 7.1 million americans to sign up. has the democrats and the white house stanched the bleeding on this or is it still the massive liability that the republicans say? >> the numbers are moving a little in the health

these are people who went to a four room -- forum sponsored by the world's eighth richest man, sheldon adelson, whose principal interests are israel and the prevention of internet gambling, which will of course cut into the fact that he is the world's largelyichest man, based on casino gambling in las vegas and macau. the people who went to las vegas to see sheldon adelson included a man you may have heard of, chris christie, governor of new jersey. anyone here a fan? he has been out of the news a lot lately, so i wanted to remind you he is the governor of new jersey, which includes part of the george washington bridge. only half of the george washington bridge, as my good friend points out. not the new york cap, which has behaved a bit better. but a number of other people went to participate in the adelson primary. they included scott walker, the governor of wisconsin. kasich, thed john governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas. explainlker did not what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is, because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson's suppo

tell sheldon disclose the money.ou know, the guys out in hollywood stroking big tax disclose it. >> and i think i've heard that argument too. i want to get senator white house in weigh in and i want to ask kate what's going on on capitol hill if there's going to be any response to this or could be any response to this. we'll pick it up right after this. we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ you have to let me know [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. nature at its most delicious. reckless seeding. a backyard invasion. enter homeowner, and ortho weed b gon max. kills weeds without harming innocent lawns. guaranteed. ortho weed b gon max. get order. get ortho®. >>> this in itself

last month, christie flew out to l will have to court billionaire sheldon adel snon his venetian hotel, selling himself as a decisive leader. >> we cannot have a world whether our friends are unsure of whether we will be with him and our enemies are unsure if we're against them. in new jersey no one is unsure if i'm for or against them. there's never really a cloud or indecision around what i say and what i do. >> but can chris christie run for president with mud on his fingers, a legal cloud of suspicion under the u.s. attorney and his own legislature? this is what christie said to abc's diane sawyer last month. >> at core, i am a passionate, loving, caring, direct truth teller. that's who i am. and for some people, they love it. i will tell you, when i travel around new jersey, i hear from most people that's what they love the most. >> and what about iowa? >> i think they love me in iowa, too, diane. i think they love me there, too. >> just the way you are? >> especially because of the way i am. >> christie is putting on a strong face publicly. the co-author of the book double down.

republican jewish coalition but more important the private talks with one man, republican super donor sheldon adleson. >> jon: i would respectfully like to approach the bench and remind the court that when they refer to him as a super donor they are not talking sperm. i hope. a pack of republican presidential hopefuls just flew all the way to las vegas just to scoot the schooler riding ass of one $80-year-old -- 80-year-old billionaire. doesn't prove anything right. people on fear factor speed eat a plate of bull testicles for $50,000. i doesn't mean the two are connected. i doesn't mean that money changes the behavior. >> christie did apologize to adleson. >> he ended up having to apologize to referring the west bank as occupied territory. >> jon: still don't think money has a corrupting influence on politics? i can tell you this, my family is full of 80-year-old jews who would very much like to tell politicians what words they can and cannot use to describe israel but as of this taping no presidential hopefuls have flown to their house to solicit that opinion. obviously we tape at 6:00, the

there are some clues, and we have what i now am going to officially dub the sheldon ailes and primary, and it was held a few weeks ago in las vegas. and you can tell by who chose to participate in that primary who is looking, not necessarily who is favored, looking at 2016. these are people who went to a form sponsored by the world's eight richest men, sheldon adelson, whose principal israel ande two -- the prevention of internet gambling, which will of course cut into the fact that he is the man,'s eight richest based on casino gambling in las vegas and macau. the people who went to see him in las vegas included a man you may have heard of, chris christie, the governor of new jersey. news abeen out of the lot lately, but i want to remind you he is the governor of new jersey, it includes part of the george washington bridge. [laughter] of the george washington bridge, as my good friend points out. not the new york cap, which has behaved better. a number of other people, went to participate in the adelson primary. they included scott walker, the governor of wisconsin. kasich, thed john

and we have what i now am going to officially dub the sheldon edelson primary.[laughter] and it was held a few weeks ago in las vegas. [laughter] and you can, you can tell by who chose to participate in that primary who is looking -- not necessarily who is favored, but who is looking at 2016. because these are people who went to a forum sponsored by the world's eighth richest man, sheldon edelson, whose principal interests are two; israel and the prevention of internet gambling which will, of course, cut into the fact that he is the world's eighth richest man, largely based on casino gambling in las vegas and in macao. so the people who went to las vegas to see sheldon edelson included a man you may have heard of, chris christie. he's the governor of new jersey. anyone here heard of him? [laughter] he's been out of the news a lot lately, so i just wanted to remind you that he is the governor of new jersey which includes part of the george washington bridge. [laughter] only half of the george washington bridge, as my good friend points out. [laughter] not the new

casino mogul sheldon edelson and his wife supported political candidates and most of them lost. >> people like sheldon edelson are and not necessarily be interested in donating millions and millions and millions of dollars to one super-pac to give $5,000 to every candidate for a federal office, every presidential candidate and then around $30,000 to every political party. that could total over $3.5 million per donor in direct campaign contributions to candidates. >> reporter: those opposed to the ruling says there is a silver lining of sorts in this decision. all the money going directly to candidates and the parties will be more trackable since it has to be reported to the federal election commission. juan carlos molina, al jazeera. >> worried about how this ruling could change elections. congressman paul tonko of new york says he is disappointed. >> i'm very discouraged with the outcome here. another 5-4 vote, which seems to be an overriding theme out of the supreme court. i see this as a sequel to citizens united. it removes those caps on aggregate amounts that individuals can give to

for it. 4 you've got the koch brothers, you've got people flying out to las vegas seeking to see sheldonping he'll throw millions of dollars for their cam pane. lining up as if f they're selling their wares in some or the of a live auction. but you see it in the ryan budget in terms of the giveaways, in terms of tax breaks for the wealthy, a lot of cuts in social programs that dis proportionately affect the poor. you see it in the way corporations, such as general motors are getting away with the kind of abuses they've gotten away with. it's become clearer than ever, if it wasn't clear already, that in this town, the powerful and those who are spending their money get protected by the people who work in this building. >> dana, thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks. >> coming up, elizabeth warren unloads on paul ryan's vision for america. and they lied to us for too long. so why on earth are they being courted by potential gop presidential candidates? and they said the sky would fall. they predicted armageddon. but today more good news for the president's health care law. st

republican tim scott and democrat sheldon whitehouse.n republican leaders pursued criminal charges against lois lerner for her role in the irs targeting scandal. >> there is reason to believe that lois lerner committed crimes. >> what they're doing at this hearing is essentially politicizing this issue. >> we'll talk about two members of the house weighs and means committee, which voted this week to send lerner's case to the justice department. the committee's top democrat sander levin and republican charles boustany, and our sunday panel discusses whether the irs scandal stops with lerner and our power player of the week. a historic washington treasure that serves as a haven for achievers in the arts and sciences. >> i have amazement for everyone for enjoy. we affectionately -- >> >> the battle for obama care is entering a new phase. we've invited -- discussed what happens now. tim scott and from rhode island democrat sheldon whitehouse. senator scott, after the disastrous roll-out of obama care did kathleen sebelius have to go, and how

for them to pop a few billion dollars and to the political coffers, sheldon adelson could respect to of disrespect of nominees to come before him -- respective nominees to come before him so maybe he can anoint them with his hundreds of millions of dollars, is just an outrage through the struggles that people have undertaken in this country for democracy. and by the way, if you listen thomasly, what justice was talking about, and this is where the republicans want to go make no mistake about it, they say this is not enough. what we want, republican party and justice thomas, is to lift all limitations so the koch brothers were it'll send can port millions of dollars directly into every right-wing candidate. >> john boehner. >> what i think this means is freedom of speech is being upheld. you all have the freedom to write what you want to write and donors and i have the option to give what we want to get. this goes back to this bizarre bill passed that has distorted the political process in ways that no one -- no one who voted for it ever believed. some of us understood what was going

our other good friend, sheldon adelson who owns the largest casino in the world. he is the eighth wealthiest person in the world. he is a poor cousin to the other giz. he's only worth $38 billion. the point is his wealth just last year, went up $11.5 billion. what about income? income is what you made last year. the last information we have covers the years 2009 and 2012. ...

this was the sheldon adelson spectacle. this is what the spectacle was last weekend. sheldon adelson said to prospective republican candidates for president, he said why don't you come on down to las vegas and tell me what you can do for me, because i'm only worth $20 billion. i am only the largest gambling mogul in the world, but $20 billion isn't enough. so i want you to come to las vegas and tell me what favors you can give me if you happen to be elected president. and, by the way, if you sound the right note, if you kind of do what i like, i may put a few hundred million into your campaign. maybe if i'm feeling good, i'll throw $1 billion into your campaign. and the media dubbed this the adelson primary. what primaries generally are about is hundreds of thousands of republicans get together; they vote on who they want their candidate to be in a state. democrats do the same. candidates make an appeal to ordinary people to get votes. some of us are old-fashioned and see that as democracy. i come from a state which proudly has town meetings. i have held hundreds of t

republican tim scott and democrat sheldon whitehouse. then republican leaders pursue criminal charges against lois learner for her role in the irs targeting scandal. >> there's reason to believe that lois learner committed crime. >> what they're doing with this herring is politicizing this issue. >> we'll talk with two members of the house ways and means committee which voted to send lernor's case to the justice department. plus our sunday panel discusses whether the irs scandal stops with lerner and our power player of the week, a historic washington treasure that serves as a haven for achievers in the arts and sciences. >> they're meant for everyone to enjoy. >> all right now on fox news sunday. >> and hello again from fox news in washington. kathleen sebelius stepped down as secretary of health and human services. but with confirmation hearings ahead for her replacement, the battle over obamacare is entering a new phase. we've invited members of one of the senate committees that will hold the hearings to discuss what happens now. from

. >> the broader issue here is that the left has been criticizing the kochs, sheldon adelson for yearsen it's their billionaire supporting their causes somehow it's okay. and i think the entry of billionaires into politics is a bad thing. >> on both sides. >> he runs a hedge fun, a san francisco-based guy and sure he's done good work. but dig into the portfolios of any hedge funds, not just fairlawn, i'm somebody could find something to be upset about. >> what they are upset about is his fund is invested they say, many say, in a pipeline that competes with keystone, so they are saying he would make a lot of money because he supports a competitor. you're exactly right. everyone can be traced to some financial interest and something. no billionaire is pure when it comes to mercenary interests, and these supreme court decisions which allows so much influence by billionaires is going to be tough. >> on campaign financing, the mid-terms this year leading up to the 2016 elections. >> right. >> and there's going to be a lot of focus on the sheldon adelsons and stiers of the world. >> 30 secon

democrats are routinely outspent by the mega bucks of the koch brothers and sheldon adelson. democrats are striking back. as the "new york times" points out, they're using the same tact they did against mitt romney in 2012 by paint aing dark picture of bain capital. they are taking aim at the koch brothers seeking to make villainses of the reclusive billionaires in a new round of campaign ads. now ads attacking on a carbon tax have been called false and not true. who is behind the attacks? >> the koch brothers. >> the billionaire koh brothers. >> they buy our refinery. >> just running it into the ground. >> what's different this time around is the political climate. we're coming off a week when the supreme court knocked down individual campaign spending limits and paul ryan released a budget slashing aid for the poor. the daily beast sums up the gop agenda this way. protecting the well off from redistribution of their wealth to those who don't deserve it. david linker takes it a step further saying the gop course is essentially a reverse course of the gop process which once b