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November 5, 2008
Obama — who won 78% of Jewish vote — faces global disarray, Mideast challenges
Barack Obama\’s Jewish backers argue that he will boost effortss to pressure Iran and advance Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Detractors, on the other hand, have predicted that Obama could end up pressuring Israel and backing away from confrontation with Iran.
Let bygones (not) be bygones
So John McCain — while claiming that not he\’s not impugning Barack Obama\’s patriotism — impugns Barack Obama\’s patriotism, but we\’re supposed to understand that it doesn\’t really matter, because that\’s just what people do in campaigns.
Voters speak — how they voted and why
\” . . . I\’m glad it\’s over, and I hope the outlook is bright and that we have more fun than we have the past four years. Somebody said to me, \’If Obama gets in, the Jews will get bombed.\’ That\’s ridiculous. Obama wouldn\’t allow such a thing, and I think he is as much for Israel as other people . . . \”
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