E.J. Kessler
By E.J. Kessler
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Polling Preference: Did President Bush peak among Jewish voters last December? That’s the inference of a new survey showing that despite Republican attempts to woo Jewish voters, Jews retain an overwhelming loyalty to the Democratic ticket. The poll, done for the National Jewish Democratic Council by the Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, found Senator John…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
‘Truth in Labeling?’ I: A glossy new White House publication titled “President George W. Bush: A Friend to the American Jewish Community” is raising the ire of Democrats, who contend that it is a thinly disguised — and dishonest — campaign document put out with public money. The 26-page booklet, issued by the White House’s…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
BOSTON — As the campaigns of President Bush and Senator John Kerry try to outdo each other in outreach to the Jewish community, Arab American voters are feeling screwed to the wall. While Arab Americans gave a strong plurality of their vote to George W. Bush in 2000, many now say they are repelled by…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
The United States Senate race in Florida is being roiled by allegations that the leading Democratic candidate failed to act strongly enough against a suspected terrorist. Democratic front-runner Betty Castor is being slammed for failing to dismiss and speak out against computer science professor Sami Al-Arian during Castor’s tenure as president of University of South…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Ready to Rumble: More than 20 Jewish Democratic lawmakers are volunteering to debate President Bush’s Jewish Republican partisans on any aspect of John Kerry’s record. “The Bush-Cheney campaign thought they could get away with mischaracterizing Kerry’s record. Let’s do Israel. Let’s do domestic policy. Bring it on,” said the executive director of the National Jewish…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
As Democrats deal with labor unrest and the possibility of inadequate facilities at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, observant Jewish delegates are contending with a different set of challenges: The first days of the convention fall within the traditional Jewish “Nine Days” of mourning for the lost Temples of ancient Jerusalem. Tisha B’Av, the…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Hell in a Hand Basket: The Washington representative of a national Jewish organization is urging federal officials who attend the McLean Bible Church to distance themselves from the northern Virginia institution, which has launched a drive to convert Jews. The church, whose pastor, Lon Solomon, is a Jewish convert to Christianity, counts among its attendees…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
ARLINGTON, Va. — If President Bush succeeds in increasing his share of the Jewish vote above the estimated 19% that he won in 2000, it will have a great deal to do with his with-us-or-against-us posture on the world stage. True, the Jewish community is sharply divided over the wisdom of the president’s stance. At…
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