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presidential race

The presidential campaigns of Republicans Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani would not appear to have a lot in common – one stressing the security threat, the other conservative values. One hard pushing New Yorker, one laid back Tennessean. But there are a couple of things. Rudy was a prominent bastard-busting New York D.A.; Fred played […]

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Considering that the Jewish community is overwhelmingly Democratic, a thoughtful reader might legitimately wonder why so much of JTA’s coverage in Florida has been focused on the Republicans (here, here). Well, that’s because the Democratic Party is pledging not to seat the state’s delegates at the convention this summer and the leading Dem candidates are […]

Gersom Gorenberg, writing here in the American Prospect, wants presidential candidates to rethink the conventional (AIPAC) definition of pro-Israel: I suggest that it’s time to talk about what “pro-Israel” should mean. Not because the discussion will change campaign rhetoric: The candidates will stick to cliches. But after the election, one will have to govern. Members […]

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