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J-GOP on Saturday, October 04, 2008 8:22:11 PM
A new survey from the
American Jewish Committee shows Barack Obama still hovering around 60 percent among Jewish voters. His big problem: the undecideds.The survey shows Barack Obama underperforming among Jewish voters, a score consistent with two other major polls taken since May.
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This poll is just another data point in an ongoing series of polls that underscores the tremendous problems Barack Obama has among Jewish voters," Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matt Brooks said.
The RJC's ads in Jewish newspapers in swing states where Jews may make a difference -- particularly Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio -- have raised substantive questions about Obama. Brooks cited Obama's dangerous Iran policy and his bungled efforts to explain his views on Jerusalem -- and Brooks predicted bigger gains come Election Day.
In addition, many Jewish voters have unanswered concerns regarding Obama's ties to a radical pro-Palestinian sympathetizer, Mahmoud Al-
Khaledi, who served with Obama on the Woods Foundation in Chicago, and identified in the book,
The Obama Nation, by Jerome Corsi. In the book Corsi references Al-Khaledi links to the radical Islamic website,
The Electronic Intifada, designed to promote anti-Israeli, and anti-Semitic sentiments against both Jews and Israelis.
In addition, many Jews have been uncomfortable since learning about Obama's 20+ year relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, (someone who Obama has referred to as his "spiritual advisor") that gave a Lifetime Acheivement Award on behalf of the Trinity United Church to Louis Farrakhan, a affirmed anti-Semite.