Wed. Jewish Political Update 10/5/11

VP Biden to Meet Jewish Leaders About Pollard, reports the Jerusalem Post whose websites loads very slow. Biden agreed to it following Tuesday’s Rosh Hashanah meet at the Biden’s place at the Naval Observatory.

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Rick Perry is a True Friend of Israel, claim Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post. “Perry’s attachment and views on Israel were formed long before he had a presidential run in mind.” Among other things, “Texas is Israel’s fourth-largest trading partner… That’s right — there is a Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce… strongly supported by Governor Rick Perry.”

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Obama is Losing Jewish Support in Swing States, reports business week. “Florida is the biggest swing state with a large proportion of Jewish residents, 613,000, according to the 2010 North American Jewish Data Bank.” Worse… “According to the National Jewish Democratic Council, a 10 percent loss of the Jewish vote could shift the… vote margins by 98,000 in Florida, 35,000 in Pennsylvania, 18,000 in Ohio and 8,500 in Nevada.”

 

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