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A super pac devoted to helping the gop hold on to control of the house. >> from the adelsons to the simpsons now, $22 million so far, i understand? >> thats correct. harold simmons is even more famous. hes thrown around checks of $500,000. he doesnt play favorites. hes given to most of the super pacs for most of the gop candidates during the primary. hes given to american crossroads, a big multicandidate republican super pac. hes really been everywhere. and he doesnt talk much to the press. hes ...

Mitt romney? >> reporter: yes one of the things we can expect insiders to say more than likely at that event on tuesday mr. gingrich as you he suspends his race will also throw his support behind mitt romney. of course thats a very, very difficult set of tea leaves to read. endorsements when candidates drop out. exact time is sketchy. emotional and difficult time. a lot of money is involved. the gingrich campaign has been working meticulously over the accounts for the expected closure the campai...

visited the white house website. they shared how losing the tax cut would have impacted their daily lives. >> so congress did the right thing here. they listened to the voices of the american people. each side made a few compromises. we passed some important reforms to help turn unemployment insurance into reemployment insurance, so that more people get training and the skills they need to get back in a job. >> the president has promised to sign the bill into law when it hits his desk ...

>> well, yesterday, sheldon adelsons daughter some of his children pumped about another $1 million i believe it was into the super pac. its anyones guess whether the adelson money been continue to flow into that super pac after nevada. but i think an important thing to note here is that sheldon adelson has been a big gop donor in this state for many, many years. and obviously, hes supporting and backing newt gingrich as things sand right now, but i think any republican candidate whoever the nomi...

Hes a very bellicose guy, in general. he doesnt care about his public image the way the other casino owners might care about. he just doesnt care. he takes these positions and doesnt care. hes had similar attitudes that have been dissonant with the unions. he would be thrilled to see somebody who sees his way on the union movement in the white house. >> its interesting. it seems to me that reagan was the teflon president. we all watched this perfect face. face. nothing stuck to it. it seems like...

Welcome back to "hardball." newt gingrichs campaign is on a surge nationally. look at the latest tracking poll out today. he now leads mitt romney by 4 points. a remarkable number given that just last week, mitt romney was leading by 23 points. gingrichs fortunes as a presidential candidate owe a lot to one man. shel sdon adelson and the 8th wealthiest man in the world. the multibillionaire cut a $5 million check to newt gingrichs super pac earlier this month when the former speakers campaign lo...

Have been dissonant with the unions. he would be thrilled to see somebody on the union movement in the white house. >> its interesting. it seems to me that reagan was the teflon president. we watched this perfect face. it seems like nothing is as interesting about newt. even his marital problems over the years. they dont even see interesting to people. the only truly interesting thing is him being angry. getting millions from the adelsons. nothing seems to stick. the most fascinating thing about...

On the win. cantor rejected the bipartisan immigration reform deal proposed in the senate but cantor also signaling a willingness to issue a partial compromise for children brought over by their parents. we all know by now any deal that would be acceptable to democrats is unaccept tobl certain republicans. compromised and seen as a surrender, people will call this a coup for anti-establishment republicans. >> to t response is to say, oh, this is a tea party. theyre not saying this is a defeat fo...

Contemporary gop, the danger of looking like the play thing americas super rich outweighs the benefits. of increased support from americas superrich. you know, here is an argument of logic. which is all the money theyre getting from the adelsons, the koch brothers, is that worth being known as the party that hates the 47%, which theyre now known as? >> they are. and they will be known as that. >> as long as there is a bartenders with a cell phone who will tape it to the wall when a guy like mitt...