RJC Running Negative Poll On Obama's Jewish Issues
Have you gotten a call from the Republican Jewish Coalition recently? If you live in a contested state like Florida, Michigan, or Ohio, you just might have. You might have thought it was just another pollster, and were ready to hang up...
These kinds of polling phone calls are commonplace in battleground states during an election year. But what makes the RJC's recent phone initiative distinctive is the controversial line of questioning, which has Barack Obama supporters up in arms.
ABC News, Politico, and Ha'aretz reported on the calls, which implied or said that Obama had given money to the Palestine Liberation Operation, that Hamas supported Obama and that Obama's Middle East advisers are pro-Palestinian, among other things.
Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic blogged about the surprising experience of his call from the RJC. It was...