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NYT: OBAMA, DEMS RACE TO SAVE JEWISH VOTE (DRUDGE BREAKING)
DrudgeReport.com ^ | 9/14/11 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 09/14/2011 6:01:11 PM PDT by Evil Slayer

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Dem Party leaders mobilizing to solidify president's standing with Jewish voters to counter image Obama not friend of Israel...

NYT setting story for lead Thursday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE...

Comes after shock defeat of Dem candidate...

DEVELOPING...

(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1967border; democrats; drudge; israel; jewish; jewishvote; jews; ny9; nyt; nytimes; obama
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To: JewishRighter

percent of population that is Jewish:

NY - 8.4
FL - 3.7
CA - 3.3
IL - 2.2

and

CT - 3.2
MD - 4.2
MA - 4.3
NV - 2.9
NJ - 5.5
PA - 2.3


61 posted on 09/15/2011 8:22:28 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

I understand their percentages are small, but their participation is very high and therefore, they have the ability to still bring a significant relative number of voters to bear on the the count in those states.


62 posted on 09/15/2011 8:30:07 AM PDT by JewishRighter ( Multiculturalism is killing us.)
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IMO, the only state where a realistic swing in Jewish votes could make a difference is Florida, which has swung Republican anyway in close situations.


63 posted on 09/15/2011 8:34:41 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Your argument is certainly persuasive based on the percentages. It seems odd to me then, why, in election cycle after election cycle (general and statewide), there is always talk of the importance of the Jewish vote and candidates are consistently courting the Jewish vote. I’ll switch around to your side and argue that it may be the phrase “Jewish vote” is also a euphemism for “Jewish money”. Still, you always get those photo opps with the candidate visiting the Jewish nursing homes, etc.


64 posted on 09/15/2011 8:52:50 AM PDT by JewishRighter ( Multiculturalism is killing us.)
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Money, yes, but ‘moral approval’ is what they’re really after!


65 posted on 09/15/2011 10:49:34 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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How does the moral approval of the Jewish vote help 0 with the rest of the electorate (ie: with the really big demographics)? Do other religious constituencies or demographics look to the moral approval signified by the Jewish vote? I’m not arguing, just trying to understand your point.


66 posted on 09/15/2011 12:45:54 PM PDT by JewishRighter ( Multiculturalism is killing us.)
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I don’t believe anyone seeks Jewish moral approval because it will get more votes directly. Such approval relieves the psychological anxiety associated with using the government coercion to achieve some end for ‘the higher good’.

Those embracing violence, such the Identity movement, Islam, or communists, relish Jewish disapproval.


67 posted on 09/16/2011 4:44:16 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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