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Why Obama Is Losing the Jewish Vote
Wall Street Journal ^ | 9-14-11 | Dan Senor

Posted on 09/13/2011 11:24:16 PM PDT by STARWISE

He doesn't have a 'messaging' problem. He has a record of bad policies and anti-Israel rhetoric.

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This is a preview of what President Obama might face in his re-election campaign with a demographic group that voted overwhelmingly for him in 2008. And it could affect the electoral map, given the battleground states—such as Florida and Pennsylvania—with significant Jewish populations.

In another ominous barometer for the Obama campaign, its Jewish fund-raising has deeply eroded: One poll by McLaughlin & Associates found that of Jewish donors who donated to Mr. Obama in 2008, only 64% have already donated or plan to donate to his re-election campaign.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: israel; jewishvote; jewishvoters; obama; weinerdistrict
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Praise the Lord for this awakening. Let it grow.
1 posted on 09/13/2011 11:24:24 PM PDT by STARWISE
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To: STARWISE

0bama is basically a symptom of today’s radicalized Democrat Party as a whole.


2 posted on 09/13/2011 11:28:31 PM PDT by Post Toasties (Leftists give insanity a bad name.)
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Because Obama is a Black!!! /s


3 posted on 09/13/2011 11:36:32 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been Redistributed. Here's your damn Change!)
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To: STARWISE
of Jewish donors who donated to Mr. Obama in 2008, only 64% have already donated or plan to donate to his re-election campaign.

So almost 2/3'rds are complete idiots.

4 posted on 09/13/2011 11:36:57 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: STARWISE
The Obama team told the Washington Post that its Israel problem is a messaging problem, and that with enough explanation of its record the Jewish community will return to the fold in 2012.

A messaging problem eh? Good luck with that. I can't wait to see the spin to come.


5 posted on 09/13/2011 11:38:06 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA
I can't wait to see the spin to come.

Mystery disease infecting Jews, symptoms include racism toward Black politicians.

6 posted on 09/13/2011 11:44:27 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Actually that’s pretty significant. 36% of Jews who GAVE to Obama last time, won’t this time. I’m sure he’ll get a majority of their vote anyway, but not nearly as much.


7 posted on 09/13/2011 11:45:50 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: STARWISE

Too little, too late. Sorry, but that is just the way it is. They might not vote for obama, but the next demon to come along and they will be right back where they left off. I don’t trust it, won’t trust it until they show me the whole philosophy has changed..and I doubt it. They would happily vote for hillary who has no more their best interest at heart than the man in the moon.


8 posted on 09/14/2011 12:02:07 AM PDT by MestaMachine (Bovina Sancta!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Maybe we know a muslim when we smell one.


9 posted on 09/14/2011 12:03:43 AM PDT by MestaMachine (Bovina Sancta!)
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To: STARWISE
Only 22% of Jewish voters approved of President Obama's handling of Israel.

This number is a bit misleading without a further breakdown. Part of the Jewish vote disapproves of Obama's handling of Israel because he hasn't pushed the Israeli government harder for concessions.

What the election in NY9 showed is that orthodox Jews are moving more strongly away from progressive Jews because of Israel and the economy.

Progressive Jews, however, will never abandon Obama. They are the heart and soul of progressivism, from Saul Alinsky down to Ayers' wife Bernadine Dohrn. Progressive Jews are antipathetic to the state of Israel.

Even if Zero's coalition of special interest groups, like big labor unions or greenies or single moms, begins abandoning him, the progressive Jews will be the very last, because they are his ideological soulmates, ensconced in university faculty or mainstream media or government bureaucratic positions.

10 posted on 09/14/2011 12:03:56 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss ( Obama: "I've created more jobs in soup kitchens than anyone since Jimmy Carter")
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To: Gene Eric
"Because Obama is a Black!!! /s"

Racism and Islamophobia. /s

11 posted on 09/14/2011 12:04:21 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: Lazlo in PA

EUUUUwwww .. that was so infuriating to see
and to know he dared get that much into Bibi’s
face, a former SpecOps solider. Hold on, Bibi
.. hang in there .. hope is near.


12 posted on 09/14/2011 12:05:52 AM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: MestaMachine

Now, that’s probably sadly true, we shall see.
Our Angel in the whirlwind is out there .. and
the destruction this monster’s wreaked on all
segments of our society with his comrades is
too catastrophic, scarring and lasting to forget
so easily.


13 posted on 09/14/2011 12:10:03 AM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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But, but, but...Debbie Wasserdork Schmuck says Hussein is a friend of Israel!
14 posted on 09/14/2011 12:25:49 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: STARWISE

A prayer for the resident Evil..Psalm 109:8’


15 posted on 09/14/2011 12:35:30 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: STARWISE

I think he is losing the vote in general.


16 posted on 09/14/2011 12:45:23 AM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: STARWISE

I’ll believe it when I see it.


17 posted on 09/14/2011 1:24:33 AM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: STARWISE

i cannot believe anyone not seeing what a fool this leader is.


18 posted on 09/14/2011 1:46:02 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: Paleo Conservative

Thank you for saying that. Blacks and Jews put Democrat before there homeland or there life.


19 posted on 09/14/2011 1:51:40 AM PDT by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: Gene Eric

Yeah, that’s it. Cause obammy is a black guy. That’s why I hate his guts.
Has nothing to do with his push to make America a marxist country.
Makes no difference that I perceive he hates America the way it is.
Has nothing to do with the fact he disparages my TEA party.
NOr does it matter that as a Christian, white, conservative former military, NRA member he perceives me as a terrorist.
Nah, I hate obammys guts cause he is a black poser.


20 posted on 09/14/2011 3:10:23 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Obammy is little more than a quota boy with a teleprompter)
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