1.
Please rank the performance of the US administration on the following issues from 1 (very bad) to 5 (very good). Explain the main reason for the grade you gave in one sentence:
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Issue
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Grade
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Analysis
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Working with the Israeli government
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Dealing with the Gaza War
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Balancing relations with Middle East governments
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Battling ISIS in Iraq
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Handling Israeli-Palestinian relations
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Please rank the likelihood of the following scenarios from 1 (unlikely) to 5 (very likely):
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Scenario
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Likelihood
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Obama and Netanyahu will still have good relations for the remainder of Obama's time in office
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If Hillary Clinton becomes President in 2016 her Mideast policies will be much different from Obama's
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The US is going to support a UN mandated evacuation date for the West Bank
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A crisis in US-Israel relations is to be expected when the US completes its negotiations with Iran
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2.
Two months before the next midterm elections, I'd like to repeat the questions that we asked 3 months ago:
Thinking about the 2014 midterm elections, which of the following results would be better from an Israeli viewpoint (please rank each option from 1 – very bad – to 5 – very good)?
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Both houses of Congress under Democratic control
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Both houses of Congress under GOP control
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Republican House and Democratic Senate
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Democratic House and Republican Senate
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Which of the combinations would make the Netanyahu government’s life easier (please rank each option from 1 – very hard for Netanyahu to 5 – very easy for Netanyahu):
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Both houses of Congress under Democratic control 2
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Both houses of Congress under GOP control 4
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Republican House and Democratic Senate 3
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Democratic House and Republican Senate 3
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3.
Looking ahead to 2016, please rank the following presidential candidates on a scale of 1 (very bad for Israel) to 10 (great for Israel)
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1-10
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Candidate
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Hillary Clinton
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Joe Biden
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Chris Christie
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Marco Rubio
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Paul Ryan
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Jeb Bush
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Mitt Romney
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Janet Napolitano
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Andrew Cuomo
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Martin O'Malley
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Deval Patrick
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Cory Booker
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Elizabeth Warren
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Mark Warner
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Brian Schweitzer
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Kirsten Gillibrand
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Rand Paul
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Bobby Jindal
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Susana Martinez
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Amy Klobuschar
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Howard Dean
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Antonio Villaraigosa
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Mike Pence
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Ted Cruz
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Rick Santorum
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John Thune
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Scott Walker
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Mike Huckabee
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Rick Perry
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John Kasich
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John Hickenlooper
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