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Opinion Watching the Debate in a Swing State
At the Republican debate watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, Romney supporters were exulting. At the Democratic debate watch party ten minutes away, Obama supporters were getting into shouting matches with Republicans. The Democratic event, hosted by the Obama campaign in Florida, was held at a sports bar on a main drag in downtown…
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Opinion Some More Snap Thoughts on the Debate
Was tonight’s debate a turning point in the campaign? Republicans believe it was, and that’s important. Republicans believe Romney won and they’re energized. The money that was fleeing Romney in the last several weeks is going to come back. Romney’s campaign was collapsing until tonight, and now it’s not collapsing anymore. He’s got a second…
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Opinion First Thoughts on Tonight’s Debate
The first presidential debate just ended and I’ve pressed the mute button on the remote control. Without listening to the yammering of the pundits, here are some of my immediate impressions. 1) Serious Energy Deficit: I’m not talking about economics here. I mean the basic level of emotion and personality and spunk expressed between the…
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Opinion Nevada Jews Swing Like the State
A Southern California rabbi, on learning that I was researching a book on Jews in Nevada, said: “Don’t waste your time. There were no Jews in Nevada until there was a Las Vegas.” It is true that the greater Las Vegas area is currently home to about 100,000 Jews, compared with 13,000 in the rest…
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Breaking News Obama Enacts Visa Program For Religious Workers
President Obama enacted a three-year extension to a visa program for religious workers. Obama on Sept. 28 signed the law, passed by Congress with overwhelming margins earlier in September, extending the Special Immigrant Non-Minister Religious Worker Program until Sept. 30, 2015. The legislation, first passed in 1990, has a built-in sunset provision and has been…
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Opinion The RJC Wants to Give You An iPad 3
Want a new iPad 3? Spend fifty hours phone banking for the Republican Jewish Coalition and the $599 model is yours. Only have forty hours? That’s okay — the RJC can still hook you up with the $499 version. RJC volunteers in California, Washington, New York and Florida who rack up phone banking hours between…
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Breaking News George Soros Pledges $1M to Pro-Obama Group
Billionaire financier George Soros has committed $1 million to the “Super PAC” group that is helping fund President Barack Obama’s re-election bid, a person familiar with the pledge said on Thursday. The move by Soros could trigger more big checks from liberal donors who have previously avoided giving to Super PACs due to their concern…
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Breaking News Bibi Plans To Detail ‘Red Line’ at U.N.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will set out a “clear red line” for Iran’s disputed nuclear drive in his U.N. speech on Thursday, an Israeli official said, adding that the plan could be pursued together with the United States. Netanyahu faces the world body a day after U.S. President Barack Obama disappointed some Israelis by…
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