you mentioned steve wynn, the las vegas tycoon who said he voted for obama in 2008. explain what angered him about obama. >> what he says angered him is that he did not realize obama was a pro-business regulation figure. and that he believes the health overhaul law, obama's position on taxes, have caused a tremendous damper for business and business expansion. you know, you can get into sort of a psychological analysis. i'm not sure which candidate obama he was listening to. i do not think obama has done very much an office that is different from what he ran on, but is a free country and if he wants to change his allegiances -- >> and changing allegiances with sheldon adelson, kumi did not get along with. didn't want to see other of the office? >> that is the analysis some have suggested perhaps as sheldon adelson has become such a prominent figure in kingmaker in republican politics, perhaps to go to the speaking across the street in las vegas, steve wynn wants to get into the action. these guys to like to exercise their influence. >> you talk about several others t

what if i sut here and talk to people like steve wynn who is in our story.o get involved in the process. you have a vested interest. give me the money. i will take care of the messaging. i know how to do ad buys and have an impact. who would you give your money to? >> exactly. >> it's a great idea. >> they called him bush's brain. you look at what he was able to do with george w. bush. is his power now doubled, tripled, tenfold given what he can do with t system now? >> it's so much broader. bush's success at fund-raising was about bundling. rove and ed gillespie looked at mccain-feingold and said we are in trouble without some changes. now with the koch brothers, the chamber of commerce, rove having a billion dollars to spend on the election. >> when i came in as chairman and a lot of people with the narrative in washington is about fund-raising and all of that. my first call with a major donor, i'm giving to rove's group. i said, you can give to rove's group and our group. that's the reality for the political parties. these entities. citizens united. >> it

host: among the people who are some of the key trib tories, steve wynn, a casino -- las vegas casino owner, harold simmons, a billionaire industrialist from dallas, sam bell, a real estate investor in chicago, daniel lobe, hedge fund manager in new york. what do they get out of this, what are they looking for, why do they contribute millions of dollars to candidates? guest: tens of millions. in fact they're hoping to get what they have gotten before and more. many of these are the same big donors that have played at the national and state and local level for many, many years. and this are some new faces, but i think they hope to really change the course of the american politics and in a way that favors in some cases their ideological certainly and even economic interests. host: is there somebody comparable on the democratic side? guest: on the democratic side, katzenberg, jeffrey katzenberg of skg dreamworks and recently irwin jacobs, there are major donors, including bill maher and morgan freehman, but they were not able to hold a candle to the amount of money raised on the conserva

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