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Meet Sheldon Adelson (in my primitive iPad portrait), Las Vegas Casino Billionaire who (with his wife) has so far donated $25 million to super pacs supporting certain Republican presidential candidates, $10 million promoting Newt Gingrich and now $10 million promoting Mitt Romney.  ‘

In an interview with Forbes Magazine, Mr. Adelson expressed a willingness to donate up to $100 million in the presidential campaign in order to defeat President Obama.

Ironically, some have estimated that Mr. Adelson has made more money than any other American during the years of the Obama administration (gambling apparently being a relatively recession-proof industry.)

I’m not sure how exactly Mr. Adelson’s ability to make such large political contributions fits in with the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision, which allowed corporations to be treated as persons for purposes of campaign donations.  Mr. Adelson is not a corporation.  Moreover, his ability to give such large sums does not feel exactly like an example of an action of “citizens united” but rather, one citizen having an overweighted financial influence.  (But maybe that’s just me.)