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it goes above and beyond sheldon edelson. it discusses very important issues, and top republican lawmakers, candidates have been showing up to these conferences for decades not to see sheldon edelson 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 and the same way that many democrats trek over to the saban conference. that one is named for one very powerful, very wealthy billionaire jewish contributor, and i can tell you everybody from president barack obama to president clinton to secretary of state hillary clinton trekked to his conferences. so it really is, i think, demeaning to the rjc which is a very well established and important organization to just claim it as the sheldon edelson primary. that does not mean that money is not important. it does not mean that sheldon edelson isn't important. it doesn't mean that george soros isn't important. it doesn't mean that saban's checkbook isn't important. but also let u
it goes above and beyond sheldon edelson. it discusses very important issues, and top republican lawmakers, candidates have been showing up to these conferences for decades not to see sheldon edelson 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 and the same way that many democrats trek over to the saban conference. that one is named for one very powerful, very wealthy billionaire...
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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
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...
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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
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...
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and i like steve wynn and sheldon edelson. i do prefer lvs. can i go to reagan in montana, please, reagan? >> caller: hi, jim, this is regan in montana, long time listener, first-time caller. >> thank you. >> caller: it happens to be my 20th birthday today, this is a great birthday present. >> happy birthday. >> caller: my portfolio contains mostly energy and technology stocks, and i was wondering if you think diversifying with the food products company like chiquita brands is a good idea. >> i run this -- i have this restaurant, and it depends on the produce. some of these drought conditions are driving the cost of some of these produces up so high, i have to check chiquita, especially i spoke to howard schultz about the price of coffee, i'll make a better judgment. if we come in on monday without resolution in ukraine, don't get too bullish. we have a big gauntlet of earnings ahead of us. for some stocks, the selling could have a ways to run. stick around to find out where opportunity may not yet be knocking. stay with cramer. >>> and later
and i like steve wynn and sheldon edelson. i do prefer lvs. can i go to reagan in montana, please, reagan? >> caller: hi, jim, this is regan in montana, long time listener, first-time caller. >> thank you. >> caller: it happens to be my 20th birthday today, this is a great birthday present. >> happy birthday. >> caller: my portfolio contains mostly energy and technology stocks, and i was wondering if you think diversifying with the food products company like...