Mehlman to Step Down?
Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman is all but certain to step down at the end of the year, according to CNN’s Political Ticker.
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Polls: Democrats Score Big Win With Jewish Voters (Correction)
The original version of the story, “Polls: Democrats Score Big Win With Jewish Voters,” misstated the number of Jewish voters polled by the National Election Poll as 200, rather than 265.
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The Four Gospels of Mel: James Mee, Ari Emanuel, Alan Nierob, Kevin Youkilis
Hollywood’s most talked-about performance this year belonged to Mel Gibson. Unfortunately for the Oscar-winning actor-filmmaker, it took place off-screen. Pulled over on the Pacific Coast Highway on July 28 on suspicion of drunk driving, he launched into an antisemitic tirade against the arresting officer. The incident may have turned Gibson, director of “The Passion of…
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Ellison Jenn
Keith Ellison made history on Tuesday as the Congress’s first elected Muslim Representative, as well as Minnesota’s first African-American to be elected to the U.S. House. Ellison ran as a pro-Israel candidate and was backed by many in the Jewish community, but also came under fire for his past association with the Nation of Islam….
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Muslim Winner Gets Mazal Tov
Keith Ellison, the Minnesota Democrat poised to become the country’s first-ever Muslim congressman after winning Tuesday, is being hailed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. In addition to backing from his co-religionists, Ellison had help from some Jewish Democrats during the campaign and received a post-election Mazal Tov from the Jewish Community Relations Council of…
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George Allen Concedes
If only George Allen had conceded that his mother was raised a Jew as quickly as he conceded the Virginia election, he might have won (so says this report).
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Pro-Israel Pol Considering 2008 Senate Run
Democratic Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama – who was uncontested in Tuesday’s general election – says he is considering a challenge to Republican Senator Jeff Sessions in 2008. Davis, Forward readers will recall, beat then-Rep. Earl Hilliard in 2002’s Democratic primary the help of pro-Israel PAC money. (That was the same year pro-Israel activists helped…
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Rundown of the 10 Undecided House Races
Talkingpointsmemo has the quick summary here:
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Will Trauner Seek a Recount?
The unofficial returns have Cubin ahead of Trauner by just 970 votes, 93,197 to 92,227. He is expected to announce today whether he will seek a recount, which is not required by law in this case, according to Wyoming Secretary of State Joe Meyer. ( A difference of 932 votes would have triggered an automatic…
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Dems: Aipac Needs To Mend Fences
As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, they are quietly saying that the pro-Israel lobby needs to “do some work” to improve relations with their party. Democratic sources said that on several occasions in recent months, they felt as if the American Israel Public Affairs Committee appeared to be siding with the Republicans. In…
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Pelosi Faces Possible Fights Over Top Posts
As triumphant Democrats begin a season of post-election jockeying, congressional insiders are speculating that Rep. Tom Lantos could face a challenge for the chairmanship of the House International Relations Committee. Lantos, a prominent foreign policy hawk and initially an outspoken supporter of the war in Iraq, has long raised the ire of more liberal Democrats,…
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