Chosen People: The Republican candidates fight it out over who’s good for the Jews.

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Rick Santorum found his place, right on top of a circular platform shaped like the presidential seal, and told the supporters of the Republican Jewish Coalition that they were being proven right.

“We’ve seen a dramatic transformation in this country,” said Santorum, “with Jews all across this country now understanding that the values of the Republican Party are in concert with theirs.”

Santorum gave the credit to the RJC. They took it. When 360-odd conference attendees arrived for this day of speeches and briefings, they got info packets reminding them of how the 25-year-old RJC bought ads in Anthony Weiner’s old district, successfully convincing Jewish voters to cast an anti-Democrat, anti-Obama vote. They ran into old friends like Frank Gaffney, Daniel Pipes, and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby. They got offered red, white, and blue buttons with the slogan “Obama … OY VEY!” When they put them on, they became targets for teams of reporters hoping to figure out whether Republicans will win the Jewish vote.


http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2011/12/jewish_vote_the_republican_candidates_fight_it_out_over_who_s_good_for_the_jews_.html

Prediction: Obama wins the Jewish vote (again).