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E.J. Kessler

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Flipping for Florida: Pounding the Republicans’ main line of attack on the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman rapped Massachusetts Senator John Kerry on Monday for “flip-flopping” on Israel’s security fence and for “mistakes in judgment” regarding a 1997 remark praising Yasser Arafat as a “statesman.” Speaking to reporters during a conference call,…

By E.J. Kessler Mar 12, 2004 | 5 min read
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When Massachusetts Senator John Kerry learned last year that his paternal grandparents in 19th-century Austria had converted to Catholicism from Judaism, one of the first people he called was his younger brother, Cameron. The younger Kerry was surprised. In an interview at John Kerry’s New York headquarters last Friday, Cameron Kerry told the Forward that…

By E.J. Kessler Mar 5, 2004 | 5 min read
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King Kerry: Jewish voters in the March 2 Super Tuesday primary states cast their ballots for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in higher percentages than did voters of other religions, according to exit polling data. Their vote, which mirrors earlier primary results, suggests that Jewish Democrats — a high-turnout, activist group that is concentrated in some…

By E.J. Kessler Mar 5, 2004 | 5 min read
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While religious conservatives are hailing President Bush’s endorsement Tuesday of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, some Republicans are expressing alarm that it could backfire. Bush’s move seemed aimed at evangelical Christian supporters, who have been pressuring the president to speak out clearly in favor of such an amendment, warning that conservative voters will not…

By E.J. Kessler Feb 27, 2004 | 4 min read
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Harlem Two-fer: If there are satellite trucks in the neighborhood, this must be a good time for an Al Sharpton rally… In Harlem on Monday, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry rallied with some of his supporters among Harlem’s establishment Democratic politicos. But what is a New York event without some good old upstaging street theater? Lying…

By E.J. Kessler Feb 27, 2004 | 5 min read
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When the president of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, Bruce Raynor, endorsed North Carolina Senator John Edwards for president at a February 7 rally in Milwaukee, it was only the latest maverick move by the union leader. Many unions were flocking to the camp of the Democratic front-runner, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry,…

By E.J. Kessler Feb 20, 2004 | 4 min read
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Edwards Opportunity?: The surprising late surge of North Carolina Senator John Edwards in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday makes the March 2 New York primary more interesting, but probably does not give Edwards the momentum he needs to take the Empire State, some local analysts said. Surveying the local landscape for where Edwards could harvest votes…

By E.J. Kessler Feb 20, 2004 | 4 min read
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Baker Botch: A top New York supporter of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is saying that the candidate told him he made a “mistake” when he named former president Jimmy Carter or former secretary of state James Baker as possible Middle East envoys in a December speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. New York Assembly…

By E.J. Kessler Feb 13, 2004 | 4 min read

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