Conventional wisdom holds that John McCain’s presidential campaign is all but down for the count. But the Arizona senator is still holding on — he placed third among Republican primary voters, according to a July Gallup poll — and in a recent one-on-one interview with the Forward, he held forth energetically on everything from Iraq…
Everywhere we turned this week, presidential contenders were working to score public relations points with posturing on foreign policy. Here’s the quick summary, along with some verdicts about whether they came out ahead or behind in the image game: Barack Obama was branded as “irresponsible” by Pakistan’s foreign minister after saying that, as president, he…
Floundering presidential contender John McCain is scheduled to speak at a breakfast of the Republican Jewish Coalition in New York a week from Friday. Apparently, a $1,000 donation to the RJC buys a picture with the much-fallen front-runner… As one Republican operative has snarkily observed to me: “Why would he waste his time raising $$$…
As the June 30 campaign filing deadlline approaches, Democrats are sure to renew their calls for scrutiny of Tom Loeffler, campaign co-chair for John McCain. Loeffler’s lobbying firm, the Loeffler Group, has represented Saudi Arabia in its campaign to win admission to the World Trade Organization, something that McCain has gone on record opposing. According…
While the race for Jewish donors continues, the Giuliani campaign seems also to be growing an organic network of grassroots Jewish supporters, while McCain and Co. is sticking to the financial machers. In New York, Jewish young professionals are mobilizing for a Rudy Giuliani event next Monday night. Just over the past several weeks, a…
Arizona Senator John McCain has scored an early victory in the battle between GOP presidential frontrunners by locking up support from several New York-area Republican moneymen also coveted by his northeastern rival, former Big Apple mayor Rudy Giuliani. McCain’s stable of national finance co-chairs includes Lewis Eisenberg, a multimillionaire financier from Rumson, N.J. who previously…
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