Sheldon Adelson, John Boehner's sugar daddy
Not content with just having a healthy enough majority to make sure that absolutely nothing happens in Congress, Republicans are trying to
claim a historic victory in the House for 2014. So of course, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson steps up with a massive donation to a Super PAC tied to House Speaker John Boehner, targeting Democratic Rep. Carol Shea Porter in New Hampshire.
Adelson's donation helped the Congressional Leadership Fund collect nearly $6.8 million during the first two weeks of October—nearly double what the group raised during the previous three-month period. […]
In all, the Congressional Leadership Fund, which has ties to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has spent nearly $7.3 million against Democrats in recent weeks, according to a tally by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics.
Their top targets include Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., and Rep. Ron Barber, D-Ariz., both of whom are facing rematches against Republicans in close contests.
Polling on Shea-Porter's rematch with ex. Rep. Frank Guinta is
all over the place. (Guinta beat Shea-Porter in 2010 and lost to her by a narrow margin in 2012.) But most observers call this one 50-50.
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This is a grudge match as much as anything on Boehner and Adelson's part. They had that seat—held by a dyed-in-the-wool teabagger in Guinta—and want it back. They don't need it, but they want it. And they'll spend anything to get it.