Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> President William Weidner<\/strong> has a truly dreadful political batting average. Boss Sheldon Adelson<\/strong> can gloat that he connected with more pitches than Weidner did. (Since the RNC and RSCC failed their main tasks in '08, I'm counting those as "strikes.")<\/p>\n William Weidner exaggerates the extent of his political acumen<\/em>.<\/p>\n Former MGM Mirage<\/strong> CEO J. Terrence Lanni<\/strong> more or less "broke even," while Wynn Resorts<\/strong> Director Elaine Wynn<\/strong>'s early and frequent support of President-elect Barack Obama<\/strong> gives her the Prescience Award. (Husband Steve<\/strong> didn't do too badly when it came to picking winners, either … especially if one counts his primary-season support of Sen. Joseph Biden<\/strong> toward the latter's eventual vice president-elect status.)<\/p>\n Harrah's Entertainment<\/strong> CEO Gary Loveman<\/strong> is the closest thing to a liberal — with donations to Sens. John Kerry<\/strong> and Christopher Dodd<\/strong> in '04 and '06, respectively — and the only consistently Democratic donor in the bunch. Columbia Sussex<\/strong> CEO William J. Yung III<\/strong> (three Dem donations to one GOP one) went 0-2 at the federal level and 2-0 at the state one … though it still hasn't gotten him a Kentucky<\/strong> casino.<\/p>\n Still, given the number of times this roster of CEOs and presidents (including multiple Fertitta<\/strong>s [Fertittae?] and a Maloof<\/strong>) rolled snake eyes, you wouldn't want them placing bets on your behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Well, only with their shareholders' money, perhaps.) Huffington Post, with the considerable assistance of VegasTripping.com, has sifted through the contributions of casino industry moguls during the last election cycle and all I can say is I'm sure glad these folks' … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"\/userfiles\/Image\/Weidner.jpg\")
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