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Opinion No (GOP) Sex on Tisha B’Av
With President Barack Obama’s reelection only a few days in the rear view mirror, the topic of the Jewish role in American politics is still brewing — and we learned some tantalizing details about Mitt Romney’s summer trip to Israel. Democratic and Republican operatives sparred over the importance of the Jewish vote in the just-completed…
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Fast Forward Angry Over Obama Win, Woman Runs Over Hubby
An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix on Saturday because he failed to vote in the election, police said on Monday. Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested after running over husband Daniel Solomon following a wild chase that left…
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News Jewish GOP Leaders Call for Move to Middle
Think immigration through – again. Forget about gay marriage. And for heaven’s sake, when it comes to rape, shut up! The Republican Party as a whole is having the morning-afters, reconsidering how it might have done better in an election that saw the party fail to win the White House and suffer modest losses in…
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Fast Forward Charles Darwin Gets 4,000 Votes Against Anti-Evolution Rep
A Georgia congressman who attacked the theory of evolution found himself with an unlikely opponent in Tuesday’s election when 4,000 voters in one county cast write-in ballots for the 19th century father of evolution, British naturalist Charles Darwin. In a speech, Paul Broun, a physician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space…
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News How Big Was Obama’s Jewish Win?
It is a time-honored post-Election Day Jewish tradition. As in years past, Republicans and Democrats dove into the numbers Wednesday in hopes finding data confirming that they won the elections — or at least put up a good fight. For Republicans, any number indicating a Jewish shift toward their party is magnified; Democrats, on the…
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Opinion 2 Questions: 1st, Will GOP Let Him Govern? 2nd, Will Olmert Run?
Now that Obama has won the Electoral College, two questions remain. First, will he win the popular vote? Second, will Republicans let him govern? There are some very big decisions to make, starting with a deal on the budget and the debt, and addressing the growing climate crisis. Will the Republicans be chastened by their…
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Opinion Ed Koch Weighs In for Obama
With the presidential election only days away, it is time for both campaigns to pull out their strongest arguments and best presenters in order to make that final push just a little bit more effective. For Jewish Democrats, this means getting out Ed Koch, former mayor of New York, for a warm endorsement of President…
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Opinion Norm Coleman Says Mitt Won’t Reverse ‘Roe’
Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman has been making the rounds for the Republican Jewish Committee, joining former Bush White House spokesman Ari Flesicher and RJC director Matt Brooks in shuttling through swing states speaking to Jewish voters. The trio has visited Ohio, Florida, Nevada and, well, Florida once again, speaking mainly on issues relating to…
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