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2012 Presidential Elections

GOP in ‘frank conversations’
2012 Presidential Elections

GOP in ‘frank conversations’

WASHINGTON —— The Republican Party as a whole is having the morning-afters, reconsidering how it might have done better in an election that saw the party fail to win the White …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Americans in Israel vote heavily for Romney
2012 Presidential Elections

Americans in Israel vote heavily for Romney

TEL AVIV — Most Israelis were asleep as the polls closed in America and voters waited for the results, but on one rooftop in central Tel Aviv a party with loud …

Ben Sales, JTA
How the Jewish vote went: About 70/30
2012 Presidential Elections

How the Jewish vote went: About 70/30

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s Jewish numbers are down, but by how much and why? Expect four more years of tussling between Jewish Republicans and Democrats about the meaning of Obama’s dip …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Election 2012: Obama and the Jews
2012 Presidential Elections

Election 2012: Obama and the Jews

WASHINGTON — — The moment in the final presidential debate when President Obama described his visit to Israel’’s national Holocaust museum and to the rocket-battered town of Sderot seemed to …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Election 2012: Romney and the Jews
2012 Presidential Elections

Election 2012: Romney and the Jews

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s record as a moderate Republican governor would seem to have made him ideally suited to peel off Jewish votes from President Obama. The problem is that …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Israel in presidential debate 29 times
2012 Presidential Elections

Israel in presidential debate 29 times

WASHINGTON — Israel, a heated issue throughout the campaign, finally took center stage at the final presidential debate. It was mentioned a total of 29 times by President Obama …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Romney’s peace pessimism
2012 Presidential Elections

Romney’s peace pessimism

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s pessimistic take on Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects drew some media attention but not much noise from centrist Jewish groups. Only groups on the right and the left …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Convention focuses on Jewish swing votes
2012 Presidential Elections

Convention focuses on Jewish swing votes

CHARLOTTE — Jewish swing voters could make or break President Obama’s bid for reelection. At least that’s the case that Democratic Party leaders made in a training session that packed …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Romney’s moment; convention covers Jewish bases
2012 Presidential Elections

Romney’s moment; convention covers Jewish bases

TAMPA — On Sunday night, Aug. 26, at the opening bash of the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field, the home of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays in St. …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
The Jewish take on Paul Ryan
2012 Presidential Elections

The Jewish take on Paul Ryan

WASHINGTON — Anointing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney attached a name and face to his fiscal policy. Jewish Republicans, including the House majority leader, say they are …

Ron Kampeas, JTA