Where's My Personal Billionaire?

It occurs to me that yesterday's South Carolina primary signaled a paradigm shift in American politics.  In order to run for office, you no longer have to please the electorate.  You only have to please one person.Your personal billionaire.Newt Gingrich, the ethically-challenged former Speaker of the House, had been written off after his fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary.  But then his personal billionaire, Sheldon Adelson,wrote a $5 million check to a "super-PAC" supporting...
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Published on January 22, 2012 22:11
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