Courting Jewish Voters, Obama Says 'No Options Off Table' On Iran [78% Jews Voted Obama 2008]

LATimes ^ | December 16, 2011 | Peter Nicholas

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Courting Jewish Voters, Obama Says 'No Options Off Table' On Iran

By Peter Nicholas December 16, 2011 President Obama can't show enough love for the Jewish vote – er, community.

With his approval rating among Jews down 20 points from his showing in the 2008 election -- and with Republicans eager to exploit Jewish anxieties about Obama's commitment to Israel -- the president isn't passing up many chances these days to proclaim that he's a loyal friend of the Jewish state.

On Friday, he spoke to the Union for Reform Judaism and maintained that his administration has done right by Israel. Under his watch, he said, the U.S. has "secured the most funding for Israel in history." What's more, America has worked with Israel to devise an anti-missile system and is taking "no options off the table" in its effort to deprive Iran of nuclear weapons. "No option off the table" is code for a possible military strike.

Obama got a "rock star reaction," according to a pool report recounting the event.

Republicans would love to pry loose the Jewish support that has traditionally gone to Democrats.

A group called the Emergency Committee for Israel placed an ad in five newspapers around the country this week posing the question: "Why Does the Obama Administration Treat Israel Like a Punching Bag?"

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Adolf Hitler could come back from the dead, and run for office, and as long as he ran as a democrat the majority of the Jewish voters would vote for him.