AJCommittee Boss on Jewish Support: Hill’s Up, Obama’s Rising and Rudy, McCain and Newt All Got Game
David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, tells YNET that Hillary is the presumptive frontrunner for Jewish votes in the Democratic primaries, but that he’s starting to hear buzz about Obama. On the Republican side, Harris cited Rudy, McCain and Newt as GOPers with widespread support in the Jewish community. (Go to this page and press play to hear the interview.)
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