Sunday May 22, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

These are pivotal weeks for the President of the United States. The Middle East speech delivered by Obama on Thursday in which he called for a return to the '67 borders hit the American Jewish community like a tsunami.

There was nothing gained by the comments. A lot was lost. Including that one line about borders in his speech will cost the president in terms of support for his re-election bid.

The Jewish community does not have a voting voice strong enough to swing an election or topple an incumbent president , they amount to a tiny percentage of the vote, but their contribution to the campaign - especially in soft money, is enormous.

The numbers are staggering and hard to accurately count or confirm, but it is safe to say that at least 30% of the Democratic money comes from the Jewish community. The International Herald Tribune and the American Council for Judaism put the Jewish contributions to the Democrats at the 60% level.

A loss of even 10% of those donors is a huge hit for the president.

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