Tag: Jewish vote

Jews for the GOP

GOP grabbed larger share of the Jewish vote in loss

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AP

Mitt Romney became the first Republican presidential candidate to lose the general election after garnering 30 percent of the Jewish vote.

The Second Great Schlep

Team Obama fights for once-solid Jewish vote in South Florida

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Barack Obama campaigning in Delray Beach, Florida / AP

Team Obama has launched a last-minute bid to court Jewish voters in the once reliably Democratic stronghold of South Florida, according to observers on the ground.

Ed Koch: Obama not ‘Best President’ for Israel

Unfair demands made on Israel while Hamas gets a pass

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Ed Koch / AP

Former Democratic New York Mayor Ed Koch recently expressed disappointment in President Obama’s treatment of Israel, telling a Jewish crowd last weekend that no one “can rightfully say that President Obama is the best president” for Israel.