Filed under: People, Special Report

Over the past few weeks, Sheldon Adelson made headlines for his outsized gifts to Newt Gingrich, which have quickly turned him into the biggest individual spender in the 2012 election cycle. But while the casino mogul’s huge donations have elevated Gingrich’s chances in the Republican primaries, they’ve also raised quite a few eyebrows.

Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and the rise of super PACs, billionaires and corporations are able to make almost unlimited political…

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">Who’s Buying Your Next President? Sheldon Adelson Makes His Bid originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-01-31T17:25:00Z.

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