E.J. Kessler
By E.J. Kessler
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Charming Kerry: Seeking to show an important Jewish communal group how his experiences visiting Israel had affected him personally, John Kerry told a number of stories during a speech Monday at the annual conference in Washington of the Anti-Defamation League. Before a crowd of more than 500, Kerry spoke about his trips to Israel and…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
BERKELEY, Calif. — If the Republican National Committee issued an FBI-style “most wanted” list, liberal activist Wes Boyd would probably rank near the top. The GOP has been trying to shut down one of Boyd’s projects, the MoveOn.org Voter Fund — the soft-money arm of the Internet-based advocacy group that Boyd founded in 1998 with…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Even as many mainstream Jewish groups hailed the White House endorsement of the disengagement plan of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, President Bush is catching flak from some Jewish hardliners and evangelical Christians for backing the initiative, which would uproot all the Jewish settlements in Gaza and many in the West Bank. Some Jewish opponents…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Schumer Speaks: The appearance of New York Senator Charles Schumer at a fundraiser for the All Stars Project, a theater group founded by fringe politician Lenora Fulani, is being criticized by some New Yorkers. “What needs to be asked is, ‘Why, Mr. Schumer, are you addressing a group that only recently staged a show about…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Embattled Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff is fighting back against his congressional critics, accusing them of “improper conduct” and demanding an ethics investigation into their activities. Abramoff, a top fund-raiser for President Bush’s reelection campaign and one of the capital’s leading Orthodox philanthropists, is being investigated by his former law firm regarding what congressional probers are…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Pennsylvanian’s Powder: Senator Arlen Specter, the moderate Pennsylvania Republican who is facing a primary challenge from conservative Rep. Patrick Toomey, is being criticized by his rival’s campaign and a conservative pro-family organization for refusing to take a position on the constitutional amendment against gay marriage pushed by President Bush. “Gay marriage joins the long list…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Consumer activist and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is facing increasing criticism over what detractors describe as his campaign’s flirtation with organizations and individuals associated with Lenora Fulani, the New York-based radical activist with a long record of alleged anti-Jewish extremism. Nader, whose 2000 Green Party candidacy widely is credited with costing Democrat Al Gore…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Socking Specter: Rep. Patrick Toomey, the conservative Pennsylvania Republican challenging Senator Arlen Specter in a primary, is criticizing Specter for “poor judgment” and “striking up relationships with some of the world’s worst dictators” in regard to the senator’s dealings with Syria and Iran. Specter, one of two Jewish Republicans in the Senate, recently tried to…
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