E.J. Kessler
By E.J. Kessler
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Does the presidential candidacy of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman have a Jewish problem? Some folks seem to think so. The Hartford Courant took its home-state senator to task last week for what it called his “dismal” first-quarter contribution filing, saying there was a “Jewish wrinkle” to Lieberman’s lackluster showing: The senator’s centrist values are out…
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News ‘Show Me,’ Labor Brass Tell Democratic Hopefuls
The Democratic presidential hopefuls’ battle for labor support kicked into high gear last week, as eight of the nine contenders — all except Florida Senator Bob Graham — strutted their stuff at the Washington legislative conference of the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades department. Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri — a former House minority and…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
The presidential campaign of the Rev. Al Sharpton has yet to post any first-quarter contribution filing, but that’s okay, according to Sharpton’s chief strategist. “Why do political candidates raise money? To get their message out and energize voters. My candidate starts with that as his greatest strength,” the strategist, New York consultant Roberto Ramirez, told…
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News Joe Claims Cash Surge, Reversing Slow Start
After a faltering start in the first quarter of the year, the presidential campaign of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman raked in between $300,000 and $400,000 in contributions during the first week of April, more than it received in the entire month of January. “Once we hit our stride, we really hit our stride,” said campaign…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Former Vermont governor Howard Dean, who has positioned himself as the most antiwar of the top Democratic presidential contenders, is insisting that he did not mean to cast aspersions on the New York metropolitan area — or its Jews — when he called the region “hawkish” in remarks to a Southern newspaper. “The most hawkish…
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News Democrats Hone Appeal At Parleys In Capital
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Joseph Lieberman came out swinging left on Monday, invoking the name of liberal icon Paul Wellstone as he told a conference here that he would work to pass a bill mandating spousal benefits for domestic partners of gay federal employees. The Connecticut senator’s remarks stood in stark contrast to…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
The presidential campaign of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is adding staff. The campaign has tapped Jay Footlik, chief liaison to the Jewish community for the Clinton White House during the mid-1990s, as its director of community outreach, a job that includes the Jewish portfolio. Also on board is Jared Ash, a young former staffer at…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Former Colorado senator Gary Hart certainly looks like he’s serious about running for president. Hart, who has been giving foreign policy addresses around the nation as he tests the waters for a run, appeared at the Westchester County (N.Y.) Democratic Committee’s gala dinner March 20, where he spoke briefly about the war in Iraq. There…
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