Edwards Doesn't Cultivate Jews

[renie408]

http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=13688&intcategoryid=3

AMERICA DECIDES 2004
Edwards doesn’t cultivate Jews,
but his views win Jewish support
By Matthew E. Berger



PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Jan. 20 (JTA) — Sen. John Edwards may not have recognized the Hebrew aleph stitched onto James Dricker’s cap, but he understood what was written in his heart.
Dricker, 55, the education director at Temple Israel in Portsmouth, N.H., says he was impressed with Edwards’ sincerity after speaking with the North Carolina senator about health care, education and the environment.

“I don’t vote Jewish,” Dricker said after the get-together days before Christmas at the Friendly Toast restaurant. “I vote based on common sense and what is best for the country and ultimately for me.”

Edwards is an exception in a presidential campaign marked by loud declarations of Jewish affinity. He has warm ties with Jews in his state, but he hasn’t made an issue of it.

Edwards was a highly successful trial lawyer in North Carolina seven years ago when he sought a seat in the U.S. Senate and largely was able to self-finance his campaign.


edit: There is a lot more to this article, but I only put in the first part.

[JohnLocke]

1. Jew for Edwards here