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News National, Fla. Polls Show Obama Gaining Support Among Jewish Voters
It’s a little early for Barack Obama’s campaign to breath a sigh of relief and say a few Amens, but two new polls of Jewish voters offer some good news for the Democratic presidential nominee. An analysis by Gallup based on its daily tracking poll and interviews with more than 500 Jewish voters shows that…
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News Middle East Envoy Suffers Envy
Dennis Ross, the former Middle East envoy, has been spending a lot of time on the road and in synagogues these days. Since joining joining Barack Obama on a Middle East trip and then publicly coming out in support of the Democratic presidential nominee, Ross has been on a tour of the Jewish community in…
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News A Debate Detente Between Jewish Republicans and Democrats?
Representatives of the Republican Jewish Coalition and National Jewish Democratic Council usually spend much of their time trading charges, accusing each other of smears and other assorted provocations. So it was perhaps a little surprising, to say the least, to see the partisan groups come together for tonight’s final presidential debate between Democrat Barack Obama…
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News ‘Independent’ Lieberman on the Synagogue Tour for McCain
Campaigning as a “Democrat who was re-elected as independent now here to support a Republican for president,” U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman told Jewish voters in southeastern Pennsylvania that he remains convinced that Republican John McCain is the best candidate to lead the country even as the focus of the election has shifted from national security…
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News McCain, Obama Allies Hope to Reassure Jewish Buckeyes
Ohio’s Jewish community is getting lots of love from presidential surrogates this Columbus Day weekend. U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the independent Connecticut Democrat and 2000 vice presidential nominee, is meeting with Jewish communal leaders over breakfast this morning outside of Cleveland to emphasize his belief that Republican John McCain is the bettered prepared candidate to…
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News Top Obama Aides Dispached to Florida, Ohio
With three weeks to go until Election Day, Barack Obama’s campaign seems to be betting the kibbutz on three states: Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “Those three are the three swing states with the largest Jewish population that really has the most likely chance of affecting the outcome,” Dan Shapiro, Obama’s national Jewish outreach coordinator told…
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News Obama Spokeman Takes Sean Hannity to Task for Anti-Semitic Guest
After the debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs and Fox’s Sean Hannity played the guilt by association game. Gibbs asked the Fox host whether he was anti-Semitic for having Andy Martin on his show.
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News RNC Criticizes Obama Grant to Rabbi/Relative
The latest Republican attack line on Barack Obama involves a rabbi. The Republican National Committee is circulating a news release this morning calling the Democratic presidential nominee to task for awarding $75,000 in grants to a social service agency lead by his wife’s cousin, Rabbi Capers Funnye. The grants – $50,000 for adult literacy and…
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