You state there are between “...5.2 and 5.8 million Jews in America”. The question is, are the majority capable of stepping outside of the knee-jerk reflex “Republicans are greedy Capitalists and remind me of Nixon” stereotypes? I think not. We have a lot of work in front of us. The new Republican R&R ticket deserves our vote - now we have to get off our duffs and make sure many Jews do not make the same mistake, (voting for BHO) again, G-D FORBID!!!!
First time in quite a while I've heard the name Nixon brought up here.
There isn't much of a similarity between the ideology of Nixon on domestic and economic issues and the ideology of Reagan and of R&R today. Nixon was a big government Republican, with such creations as EPA and OSEA, and even engaged in the last US government effort at coercive wage and price controls.
In terms of his relationships with Jews, he is still very much admired in Israel for his administration's emergency assistance at the outset of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
Of course, there are those leftist Jews who would call Nixon antisemitic because of some private remarks he made against them and their Jewish left cohorts, remarks that were never intended for public dissemination. However, it is equally true that Nixon maintained a few genuine and important friendships with some Jews who were very influential within his inner circle throughout his political career.
45% of American Jews are Democrats (or worse). 25% are solid Republican. 40% are independent, although many of these are culturally liberal urban or suburban voters. I figure that Romney-Ryan would get 35%-40% of the Jewish vote this cycle if the election were held this week. The GOP might pick up 45% of the Jewish vote if the economy or middle east get bad enough. Either way, donations to Obama campaign are collapsing.