Speculation abounds that the 2016 Republican National Convention will take place in Las Vegas. Some of this names Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate and major donor to GOP causes, as the reason. Richard Johnson writes for Page Six: Las Vegas has a big advantage over the other five cities hoping to host the Republican National Convention in 2016: Sheldon Adelson. Adelson — the owner of the Las Vegas Sands (which operates resorts and casinos all over the world, including the Venetian and the Palazzo in Vegas) — has a net worth of $40 billion, and he donated $100 million in 2012 to the campaigns of Newt Gingrich and then Mitt Romney. “Sheldon is adamant that the GOP must go to Vegas,” said one source. Some GOPers fear that if Adelson doesn’t get his way, he’ll give a couple hundred million dollars to the Democrats just for spite. I hope that this is disinformation, and speculate that Mr. Adelson, whose devotion to the survival of Israel is...(Read Full Post)