(Monday, January 23rd, 2012) A super-PAC supporting Newt Gingrich will receive an additional $5 million from a friend of the former House Speaker, according to the Las Vegas Sun’s Jon Ralston.
The infusion comes from Dr. Miriam Adelson, the wife of Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate from Las Vegas who has long been close to Gingrich.
The money will go to help keeping Gingrich competitive on Florida’s expensive airwaves — it costs $8 million a week for a full ad buy in the state, and Gingrich’s actual campaign trails rival Mitt Romney’s badly in cash on hand. Advertise On YWN »
Two polls of Florida released Monday showed Gingrich leading Romney there. The state votes Jan. 31.
The Winning Our Future super-PAC went hard after Romney in South Carolina, buying airtime for a 28-minute documentary that assailed his record at Bain Capital and portrayed him as a corporate villain.
Gingrich eventually said the super-PAC should either correct mistakes in the “King of Bain” ad or stop airing it.
(Source: The Hill)
