Democrats and Republicans again; Suissa’s Pico-Robertson ‘hood; A correction
Letters to the Editor.
Letters to the Editor.
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For many, party allegiance is based on gut feeling, for others, a multiplicity of issues. For now, let\’s talk about the most controversial issue RJC confronted — Israel
Top Democrats are mounting a furious counterattack against claims by Jewish Republicans that the GOP is likelier to favor Israel.
Recently, I sat behind a one-way mirror and watched a group of about 30 voters — half Democrats, half Republicans — respond to images and opinions about Israel\’s war in Lebanon. The overall results were as shocking as they were commonplace: the opinion of Israel among the Democrats was consistently 10 to 20 points lower than that of the Republicans.\n
Republicans once had high hopes that George W. Bush would draw American Jews away from their historic affinity with Democrats into embracing the conservative party. They believed that Jews would be drawn to Bush\’s intense support for the State of Israel.
Centrism seems to have its moment in the sun when there is a problem to be solved that the main parties cannot address and when one or more of the leading parties is rife with extremism.