With just a few minutes to go before we are to take the stage Stan Kritzer, the elder statesman of the Temple Ner Tamid brotherhood, gathers us speakers into a small side room off the main sanctuary for a last minute talking to.
\”Because of the strong support of the Republican candidate for president and doubts about the commitment of the Democrat, this is the year that large numbers of Democrats will finally move into the Republican camp and stay there, because the Republicans really do better represent the status and interests of the Jews.\”
In a town famous for hot air, the Washington Post made a major contribution over the weekend with an oft-repeated tale of how Jewish voters, concerned about terrorism and Israel, are about to migrate to the greener pastures of the GOP.
Are the two most powerful Republicans in Washington playing a version of the old good-cop, bad-cop game with Israel and its friends in this country?
Cold, hot, lukewarm – two months shy of the November election, local Jewish Republicans are still conflicted about the man at the head of their party\’s ticket. A sampling of attitudes indicates a wide range of attitudes toward Gov. George W. Bush.
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