Reports of $1 billion pledges to defeat President Obama among the nation’s wealthiest conservatives conjure images of shadowy backroom deals made alongside cigars and scotch. But according to one such billionaire, the donor class actually needs to hang out together more.
Foster Friess was the leading donor to a super PAC supporting Rick Santorum’s campaign and is now donating to Restore Our Future, a similar group backing Romney’s election. On Friday, he attended the conservative Faith & Freedom Conference in Washington D.C.
Friess told TPM that far from coordinating moves with other GOP mega-donors like Sheldon Adelson and Bob Perry, who had backed rival primary candidates, the men have little contact.
‘There should be more of that,