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Fast Forward Farm Bill Failure Gives Democrats Opening
Democrats fighting an uphill battle to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to use rural angst over the failure of congressional Republicans to pass a farm bill to win some Midwestern seats in the Nov. 6 election. The farm bill, which sets subsidies for everything from crop insurance to milk…
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Opinion Mitt Romney Has Plenty of GOP Baggage
It’s a wise old rule of the heart, too often forgotten: When you choose a spouse, remember that you’re not just marrying a mate — you’re also marrying into a family. There’s a corollary that’s worth remembering when you enter the voting booth in November: You’re not just electing a president. You’re electing an administration…
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News Eric Cantor Takes Nothing for Granted
Dozens of yard signs supporting Eric Cantor’s run for re-election lined the road leading to the Virginia Republican Roundup election rally. Cantor, who hosted the event — a combination political gathering and country fair — is considered one of the strongest forces helping struggling Republican candidates throughout the country. Yet here was Cantor making a…
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News Jewish Numbers in Congress Set To Plunge
The U.S. Congress will see a steep drop in Jewish members after the November election, a Forward analysis suggests. The Forward is projecting that 31 Jews will serve in the next Congress — eight fewer than the number that served at the start of the last Congress. Interactive map of 2012 Congressional elections involving Jews…
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Opinion How Can Mitt Swing Florida Jews?
During my 35 years at the University of Miami, I have asked hundreds of Jews why they moved to Florida. The most common answer has been that they came here to join friends or relatives. Some came to retire, others for employment. Some wanted a place with a large Jewish community. Many mentioned the climate….
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News Marc Leder Is Secretive GOP Fundraiser
(Reuters) — Marc Leder, the host of the fundraiser where Mitt Romney labeled 47 percent of Americans as people who paid no tax and believed the government has a responsibility to care for them, has spent most of his career in relative obscurity. But the 51-year-old private equity executive, who made his fortune buying and…
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News Romney Kicks the Can, Leaving Hasidic Community, Drifting Right
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman and Editor Jane Eisner to discuss Mitt Romney’s apparent dismissal of the two-state solution in a speech in May. Then, the group turns to Eisner’s recent editorial, in which she compares political party platforms from 2012 and 1980. They may…
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Opinion The Words Do Matter
The messy alteration of the party platform at the recent Democratic National Convention was a political embarrassment for Democrats and a rhetorical gift to Republicans. But did it mean anything? At a time when presidential candidates so powerfully shape their party’s personality, do these platforms even matter anymore? In the short term, the answer is…
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