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Adelson primary. buzz feed reports that she is also partial to ted cruz. what does this mean for the race for the republican nomination? joining us we have buzzfeed politics reporter rosy gray joins us with the panel. these are really interesting stories to me because we're living in this era where individuals, if they're worth billions of dollars hold sway over politics like we've never seen before. you get into the family relationships, the social networks they build. here we have a case where there is so much attention on sheldon adelson. but then it turns out his wife -- give us a read on ...

Strong marker, energize latinos, draw sharp contrast with republicans and the details can come down the line. not to do too cynical, but she has to be elected first, then worry about following through on the plans later. so i think this was mostly about a rhetorical marker than specifics. >> yeah but everybody that is a candidate is just a candidate until they win and they do have to come up specifics, but mark, what did you think about that? >> we keep talking about on the republican side the adelson primary, the koch brothers primary. the owner of univision made quite clear he not only backs...

Reforms were put in place to try and put checks on the influence of big money in politics. for a while, that might have worked but over the last 12 years, big money has gradually made a comeback. 2012 was the most expensive election season in u.s. history. the septembcenter for responsiv politics estimates $6 billion was spent in total, with outside groups contributing as much as a billion dollars, and according to the sun life foundation, just 1,200 individuals spent $155 million of that total. and now, we have last weekend's first ever adelson primary, where republican hopefuls brought big d...

Befo beforehand and the governor didn't order it. i think it's a strong report, it's not conclusive, nobody says it is, but it's a good start in the right direction. >> the question becomes, did he take back any control this weekend? >> yeah, chris, i don't think he did. i think at this point given all that's going on, chris christie's story is certainly more se lashs than the other folks that attended the adelson primary, but this thing is still far from over, the investigation is far from over, and there's a lot left to figure out. >> let's look, angela, what happened this weekend. he got a ...