2012 Presidential Elections
GOP in ‘frank conversations’
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 15, 2012
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...
Americans in Israel vote heavily for Romney
Ben Sales, JTANov 08, 2012
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...
How the Jewish vote went: About 70/30
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 08, 2012
WASHINGTON President Obamas Jewish numbers are down, but by how much and why? Expect four more years of tussling between Jewish Republicans and Democrats about the...
Obama’s second term: More of the same, at least until Iran flares
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 07, 2012
WASHINGTON The day after the election looks a lot like the day before for President Obama, particularly in areas that have attracted the attention of Jewish voters:...
Election 2012: Obama and the Jews
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 01, 2012
WASHINGTON — The moment in the final presidential debate when President Obama described his visit to Israel’s national Holocaust museum and to the...
Election 2012: Romney and the Jews
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 01, 2012
WASHINGTON Mitt Romneys record as a moderate Republican governor would seem to have made him ideally suited to peel off Jewish votes from President Obama. The...
Israel in presidential debate 29 times
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 25, 2012
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...
Romney’s peace pessimism
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 27, 2012
WASHINGTON Mitt Romneys pessimistic take on Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects drew some media attention but not much noise from centrist Jewish groups. Only...
Convention focuses on Jewish swing votes
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 06, 2012
CHARLOTTE Jewish swing voters could make or break President Obamas bid for reelection. At least thats the case that Democratic Party leaders made in a training...
Romney’s moment; convention covers Jewish bases
Ron Kampeas, JTAAug 30, 2012
TAMPA On Sunday night, Aug. 26, at the opening bash of the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field, the home of Major League Baseballs Tampa Bay Rays in...
