Marco Rubio could be justthisclose to a Sheldon Adelson endorsement. When Rubio was in Las Vegas last week, playing counterpoint to Donald Trump, he had a meeting 
with Adelson that “had an air of importance” according to Politico.com. Should Adelson give Rubio the nod, it would put a tailwind of at least $100 million behind his campaign. Sons of immigrants, Adelson and Rubio are both frequent phone pals. Rubio has been courting other potential megadonors, like Paul Singer and Charles Schwab, but their war chests pale in comparison to what Adelson (net worth: $25.7 billion) could throw into the race.
Although Adelson is officially neutral at this point, he appears to have tipped his hand through a story in his newspaper Haaretz. Its headline unequivocally stated, “Sheldon Adelson Leaning Toward Marco Rubio.” It cited “sources close to Sheldon Adelson” (read: Sheldon Adelson) that “momentum has strongly shifted to the Florida senator’s favor.” Haaretz was charmingly misinformed on one point, imagining that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) was still in the race. (Rubio also picked up the endorsement of Pawn Stars‘ Rick Harrison while in town.)
According to a story in the Los Angeles Times, Rubio is a former Las Vegan, the son of 
casino workers who nevertheless shares Adelson’s anti-union views. He’s also fiercely anti-casino, having said “I have a long history of opposing expansion of gambling … [casinos] bring their problems with them.” Twice he has opposed casino expansion in Florida, calling it “fool’s gold” and citing Las Vegas’ economic woes as a cautionary economic example.
Remarks like those have brought oblique pushback from American Gaming Association President Geoff Freeman, who said, “It sure would take a lot of chutzpah to go to Nevada to raise money and not take a lot of time to learn about the industry — or even malign it.”
But the bottom line for Adelson is Israel and, when it comes to foreign policy, he and Rubio seem to be singing from the same hymnal. Expect a strategically timed endorsement, one giving Adelson sufficient runway to bombard the airwaves ahead of the Nevada caucus. (To sweeten the pot for Sheldon, Rubio has co-sponsored a Senate bill to outlaw Internet gambling.)
* Speaking of battlefronts, the Culinary Union is turning up the volume in its war against Deutsche Bank, minority owners of Station Casinos. “Nevada Needs Clean Gaming. Affiliates of Criminals Should Not Own Casinos,” growls an online ad that links to an open letter to Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R). Trouble is, nobody in Carson City wants to rock Deutsche Bank’s boat, so it will continue to enjoy its Station ownership without fear of sanction.
Rubio is a light weight! And he is pro for special interests! Not deserving of the presidency.
That is a big boost for Rubio and shows that he is in the big leagues in the fundraising department. Rubio is now ahead of Bush on at least some market driven prediction sites. It will be interesting to see if Adelson’s money is used to build Rubio up or tear down Rubio’s many rivals.
A year or so again in the Rep. answer to the Pres. state of the Union,
Rubio speech contained his story about how he benefited from Fed. programs but now he wanted to cut them for your kids. Our wonderful press concentrated on him reaching for water. In the debate along with about 9 other deceivers that they claimed our military was weak and not well funded. Our military budget is more than the next 9 countries 8 of which are our allies. He is a pro for military industrial complex that Pres. Eisenhower warned us about.