Ari Fleischer, who served as a press secretary in the George W. Bush White House and now sits on the RJC board, pointed out that Paul attended an event the coalition held last year. “He’s moderated his views,” Fleischer said.
Adelson himself is lukewarm on the prospect of attacking Paul. In recent weeks, he’s told friends privately that he wasn’t behind a seven-figure, neoconservative-funded ad campaign blasting the Kentucky senator. And in March he met privately with Paul. The senator emerged to say that the mogul had provided him with reassurances that he wouldn’t target him.
Still, there are tensions. Paul declined an invitation to the event, choosing instead to spend the weekend stumping in Iowa.
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