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News Joe’s GOP Rival Looks for Support
If you live in Connecticut and are inclined to vote for a Jewish lawyer who has been spurned by his own political party — and is not named Joseph Lieberman — then meet Alan Schlesinger. Schlesinger, 48, the Republican challenger for Lieberman’s Senate seat, until now was the alternately maligned and forgotten interloper in an…
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News Democrats Drop Joe, GOP Paints Vote as Anti-Israel
Following the narrow but bruising defeat of Senator Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut’s Democratic primary Tuesday, the former vice presidential candidate appears to be receiving limited support from fellow Jewish lawmakers in his bid to carry on as an independent. Jewish Republicans, meanwhile, are rushing to paint Lieberman’s defeat as a victory for anti-Israel forces in…
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News U.S. Rep. Wants Partisan-free Israel Zone
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Like many of his fellow Democrats, Rep. Tom Lantos was upset over Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s condemnation of Israel last week. But rather than join some Democrats in boycotting Maliki’s July 26 speech to Congress, Lantos logged his objection in person — during a breakfast that he co-sponsored for the…
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Israel News Pol Takes Name off Resolution
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi this past Wednesday pulled her co-sponsorship of a bipartisan resolution on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, because Republican House leaders refused to include language in the statement calling on all sides to minimize civilian casualties. For the past week, Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives…
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News Liberal Assault on Joe Could Hurt Democrats in Other Senate Races
Some Democrats are nervous that if Senator Joseph Lieberman loses his primary to an antiwar challenger, thousands of hawkish Jewish Democrats who see the Connecticut lawmaker as their standard-bearer will either abandon the party or sit out the November election. That, say several political observers, could make the difference in some hard-fought Senate races —…
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