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Monday, May 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Are the Jews good for Barack Obama?

With Jewish voters critical in such swing states as Nevada and Pennsylvania, Republicans hope to exploit a supposed softness in Obama's support for Israel. So far, it's not working.

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  • Monday, May 19, 2008 11:16 PM

    @ jeanrenoir

    you sound like you live a truly enviable life, by my lights - but anyway, given your evident expertise, I would like to bring over from a Gleen Greenwald thread these questions about the Israeli endorsement of Hillary as NY Senator in 2000, which no one there could answer. Here's the wikipedia page:

    http://tinyurl.com/5mxlm2

    The endorsement as I recall it is oddly elusive web-wise. The context is fairly easy to re-assemble:

    (1) there was her deal to pardon the New Court hassids.

    (2) there was getting over the Suha Arafat kiss

    (3) there was a bizarre, sticky, emotional Jewish campaign of sympathy for her as a humiliated but faithful wife (honestly). Any details on this last (which I recall from the radio) would be esspecially welcome.

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