Political Tidbits: Jews could tip swing states — especially if Obama joined the Tribe

• USA Today: Jewish voters could tip battleground states.
• The History News Network looks at the Jewish vote – in 1968 and 2008.
• A columnist urges Barack Obama to convert to Judaism.
• A Jewish progressive wonders why the Jewish progressive blogosphere is silent about a black man becoming the Democratic nominee.
• A HuffingtonPost blogger says Jews should take pride in Obama’s victory.
• Ed Koch says John McCain was wrong to reject the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee. The Jewish Press supplies a roundup of Hagee’s defenders.
• Writing for Newsweek and the Washington Post’s religion blog, Sarah Posner rips into Hagee’s theology.
• An American-born Israeli blogger weighs in on the latest controversy involving Bill Clinton and a young Jewish woman.
• And in case you missed it … the audio from Joe Lieberman’s conference call responding to Barack Obama’s AIPAC speech.