Texas Gov. Perry: Gulf oil spill could be 'act of God.'
Can you believe this guy?According to Politico, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, is now arguing that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have been an “act of God.”read more
View ArticleEmergency Committee for Israel: It's about Jewish campaign money, stupid
Jewish Washington was buzzing this week with the news – first reported in Politico, expanded on in the Jewish Week– that a few Republican heavy hitters have created an “Emergency Committee for Israel”...
View ArticleTea party rhetoric, Nazi comparisons - and our own culpability
Get ready for a whole lot more hyperbole comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler.read more
View ArticleLosing Iowa
James Edward Johnson Special to the Jewish Week Iowa may be the Achilles' heel in the fabled power of the Israel lobby. Unfortunately, Jews are losing the state.There are about 6,000 Jews in Iowa...
View ArticleJewish Republicans Seen On Edge About Tea Party
James D. Besser Washington Correspondent As movement gains steam and plans minority outreach, concern in GOP circles.As the Tea Party wave sweeps across the nation’s political waters, Jewish...
View ArticleMore on Tea Parties and the Jews: new survey data complicates things
My story this week on Jewish Republicans and the Tea Parties is generating a lot of talk. And some of it is about stuff I missed, or didn't get to because of space.A number of correspondents challenged...
View ArticleRomney, Santorum Say They Would Vote For Paul If He Wins Nomination
JTA Two Republican presidential candidates said they would vote for Rep. Ron Paul if he wins the GOP nomination.Mitt Romney, considered a frontrunner, and Rick Santorum, now undergoing a late surge in...
View ArticleEric Cantor Defeated By Tea Party Primary Challenger
JTA Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives and the most senior Jewish official in government, was defeated by a Tea Party primary challenger in his Virginia...
View ArticleDid Religion Play Role In Cantor’s Defeat?
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Cultural factors seen influencing Tea Party voters in suburbs outside of Richmond. Rep. Eric Cantor’s loss a Tea Party-backed challenger Tuesday night in a shocking...
View ArticleCantor Trounced In Historic Upset
As the Obama administration was trying to resuscitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in late 2010, Republican Rep. Eric Cantor met privately with Benjamin Netanyahu in a New York hotel room with an...
View ArticleReading The Tea (Party) Leaves On Cantor
Gilbert N. Kahn Special To The Jewish Week From fundraising to foreign policy, gauging what his loss means for Jews and Israel. Eric Cantor’s defeat in the Republican primary last week to a challenger...
View ArticleKristol Calls Them 'Irresponsible'
Neocon guru Bill Kristol said "no responsible elected official" is calling for impeachment of President Barack Obama. It's "a phony issue," he said. So who are the irresponsible officials?read more
View ArticleIt’s The Money, Stupid
Whether Republicans elect Jews is not as important as why we Jews don’t vote Republican. The GOP agenda, for the overwhelming majority, is not ours. When it comes to the Jews, Republicans are...
View ArticleRoosevelts
Watching Ken Burns' excellent PBS series about the Roosevelts pointed out how some things haven't changed over the past 80 years. In the installment about the 1930s the Republicans were opposed to...
View ArticleAdelson Early Winner In Israeli Elections
Casino billionaire and Bibi buddy Sheldon Adelson is an early winner in Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision to call a snap election. By firing Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Netanyahu removed an...
View ArticleBibi's American Advisors
Benjamin Netanyahu's political rivals are hoping his American campaign advisor will do as well for him as he did for his last high profile candidate, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia). House majority...
View ArticleVatican Enlists ‘Secular Jewish Feminist’ Naomi Klein In Environmental Fight
RNS Vatican City - Anti-capitalism activist Naomi Klein on Wednesday (July 1) praised Pope Francis for standing up to Republicans who are warring against environmentalists, as the Vatican continues...
View ArticleBibi's Costly Feud
Bibi's Costly Feud No issue is more critical for Israel right now than the nuclear agreement with Iran, yet Benjamin Netanyahu has squandered any influence he may have had in shaping the...
View ArticleBibi's Dangerous Legacy
The bitter and divisive battle being led by Bibi Netanyahu will likely fail to block the Iran nuclear agreement but it could well succeed in doing what the Iranians and the Arabs only dreamed of:...
View ArticleThe Incredibly Shrinking Tent
The GOP has long boasted of being a big open tent but it seems to be shrinking quite a bit lately thanks to the "keep out" signs being posted by some of its presidential contenders and leading...
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