U.S. Jewish voters revolt against Obama

My jewish friends and family members are disappointed in Obama because of the war an Afghanistan, the form of the bank bail-outs and the inadequacy of health care reform. Although they might not contribute as much money or work as hard for him because of the above listed factors, they will certainly vote for him over any likeley Republican. Poll after poll reveal that American Jews rank Israel very low among the factors that influence their votes. This has not changed in the least.

Sen Obama to AIPAC when he wanted Jewish votes, looked us directly in the eye and lied: “Let me be clear . . . Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.’’ It worked. He lied for votes and got elected. Now he has to deal with a lage number of angry, highly motivated voters working many times as hard for his opponents - and his word now means nothing.

" You can fool some of the Jews some of the time and all of the Jews some of the time but you can't fool all the Jews all the time." It took these voters long enough to see through Obama. Guess he is not the political messiah that they had hoped for !

Conservatives have always been anti Jew and Anti Israel I guess they figured out during Reagan's era they can keep the Jewish people quiet by pretending to care about Israel

i never voted before but i will vote for every republican from senator to dog catcher in this election.

He has been just as Israel centric as any US president including George Bush. What about Obama is not Israel friendly?

tried the nice nice diplomatic approach and see s and knows its fruitless. On the last visit he embraced Bibi and throughout ALL of this he has ok ed arms etc to Israel.So calm down.Every administration has and MUST support Israel and so will his.Nixon was an anit semite yet was good for Israel THEY HAVR NO CHOICE......

bye Hussein.

While describing the differences between American and Israeli Jews will always involve a gross over simplification, an argument could be made that Israeli Jews can depend upon the force of arms for their safety. American Jews on the other hand must rely on the rule of law, especially as it regards minorities. I believe that the broad arguments against a Mosque in Manhattan will be more of a motivation to American Jewish voters than the slight differences in foreign policy between Democrats and Republicans. Ross Douthat in an article in the New York Times went so far as to justify past terrorism against American Catholics by stating that their alliance with Catholicism prevented them from being complete Americans. I can't believe that American Jews who children live in America where terrorism against Jews and Jewish institutions has such a strong immediate history, will fill comfortable voting for candidates who do not firmly reject America's past of use of terrorism against its in religious minorities.

Obama Down!!! Enough is Enough

There is nothing Obama has done, that he didn't promise to do when he was elected. My worries like most Americans are with jobs. I don't see a magic answer. We are not going to be taking second morgages out on our rapidly appreciating homes again for a long time. I don't see any answers from the republicans on how to get big industry back. It may be gone for good. Americans don't want to compete with Chinese or Indian wages. Now the republicans are attacking government jobs like teaching because of their nice retirement benefits. Jobs like police were never high paying, but one of the attractions was security. We are still in two costly wars without a lot to show for it. The republicans won't alter the course for sure and the democrats are too timid. I hate to see 10% unemolyment the norm. Although, at 17% unemployment in my town, that sounds pretty good. I am not sure when this recession is seriously going to turn around. It doesn't look good.

the USS Liberty was endangering the security of Israel and its people. Israel has a right to defend itself

As a Jew I can say this. The majority of Jews are only concerned with where their next vacation will be, who's the best plastic surgeon for a nose or boob job, where's the best social party so they could be seen at, who's wearing the newest fashions, where to send the kids for summer camp, let's buy a bigger and nicer house than our friends, etc. Israel is a far off place that is inconvenient for them to apologize for. Emanuel and Axelrod along with J Street had informed Obama of this years ago. Maybe the some curious people should google: the jag hunter, and find out the truth behind these people from Chicago.

nobody I know feels this way considering the only other choice is a bunch of Right Wing Relgious Nuts, Racists and Warmongers. The majority of the Republican Party seems to think that the only thing American Jews care about is Israel. that's how they stereotype this. The embrace of the Christian Right by the Israeli Right and Settler Movement is damaging to American Jews.

We Jews in the South have voted Republican as long as I can remember, because we know who our friends are -- and it's not the Democrats.

J-Street and Obama are injecting a needed dose of realism in the narcissistic Jewish political landscape which has made way too many concessions to the self-congratulatory religious right.

They tell us that Jewish-Americans are mad over the flotilla incident but the article doesn't mention who commissioned the study or how it was conducted.

This article doesn't say why US Jews are disgruntled with Obama. It tries to trick the reader into thinking that they are all pro-likud. The article also doesn't cite any evidence to back up its claim. In fact it cites nothing at all.

Ignore Obama, and get on God's side because I am from the USA. Obama is a sleazy liar!

american jews are leaving him in droves because he has shown he is not what he said he would be vis a vis israel...I mean, cairo speech was full of subtle messaging of the wrong sort, he vists all over the middle east bowing and smiling, but not ONE visit to his "staunch and unshakeable ally"...that in of itself tells you more than anything else...then, he rolls over for the UN nuclear free mideast drive from the muslim block in the UN...this man is dangerous for israel and if he gets a second term, people are going to see this up front and close. arabs are leaving him in droves because a) he is not strong enough on iran, and b) because he can't throw israel to the wolves, which is what they "hoped" he meant by "change" .

As one of the few Jews in America that didn't vote for Obama, I say, "What did you expect?" The old adage, "A tiger can't change its stripes" is very accurate when it comes to Obama. The Jews that voted for Obama heard his words of "messiahship," but ignored his outward actions. How can a guy who is so left of center and one of the most liberal senators of all-time, all of a sudden support Israel when he thought Israel was a bully in the first place? What is needed is, for the common Jewish voter (Democrat) to stop listening to the words of politicians, and take note of how his life does not match his words of rhetoric!

And the Non Jewish Americans are revolting against him because of his domestic policy.

I did not vote for Barack Obama and I never will. Frankly, any Jew that voted for him or will do so again ought to be ashamed. He is even less receptive to Israel than Jimmy Carter was and has made every effort to alientate Israel by kissing the ass of every muslim leader he can. To my fellow Jews who lost their political way...see the light, don't vote for Pres Obama or those who wish to forward his agenda.

By trying to be a 'Crowd Pleaser', President Obama has lost his integrity to all sides.

i am hoping that this is the beginning of the american jews opening thier eyes to to the hypocrasy of obama and the american government as it now stands. you people that seem to so afraid of the Jews and Israel better open your eyes soon or you will find your neck under the heel of islam, whose goal is the destruction and or subjection of all non muslims. the lie of islam being a peace loving religion is just that a lie!

2012 we will NOT vote for Obama

What about that?

Would the last American Jew to leave the Obama camp please turn out the light!

Jewish voters, like most other generally liberal groups are dissatisfied with Obama's accomplishments, but not for his attempts at Mideast peace. There will not be a Jewish rush for the Palin crowd, or those who risk tearing the US apart over a building (that isn't a mosque in a place that isn't at ground zero and wouldn't be a problem if it were) because, in part, the next objectionable building might be a synagogue, something Abe should remember.

Keep trying!

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PA and DE could go away also.

talk about vote pandering.

Given the choice I would rather vote for Jack the Ripper.

this is what will be the deciding line

I hear they are making a movie. What do you think will happen when your watchdog finds out you attacked and killed 34 US navy officers. The writing is on the wall...

My family voted for him and we will again. No way would I vote Republican.

Obama put more jews in position of power than Bill Clinton including Elena Kagan. And you are telling us that they are revolting against him what a sham. It is either GREED the jews want the whole government or they are faking it to get the sympathy of the Tea Party who by the way is no fan of Israel. Ask Congressman Paul.

In fact I hope that jews will vote for him. This way he will owe nothing to the jewish state this way we can get our contry back from the AIPACs and the ADL and the FOXes and the Madofs. America will be free at last. Israel's influence in our country is damaging and bankrupting us. Enough is ENOUGH. We would not be dragged into wars that are not in our interests and we could have the friends we need not that those friends that "congress" is told who to befriend.

the headline itself is a farce.

I'm an American Jew and I think Obama's done a decent job. Most Americans want no taxes, no gov't interference in their lives as long as the gov't protects them from all risk and harm, sends gobs of money to their states for pork barrel projects and pays for their medical care and retirement. With regards the ME, Obama has been pretty patient with Israel - and I'm not a leftist, am I zionist

Whether to laught or to smile that is the question. Which Jewisht Americans? The Orhtodox who are a minority but have much more influence or the Reform Jews. Last time I checked, Jewish Americans have more influence on US Middle East policy than any group__ make that more than any 3 groups. It might occur to this over privileged group that perhaps they should try encourage and effect a more humane and just pooicy toward Isreal's neighbors. This might just produce intended result. Let them remember that if Americans are changing their view, slowly, very slowly, the rest of the world knows Israel for what it has been.....

Can we see a show of hands for Sarah Palin? Or maybe for Jeff Sessions or John Cornyn? Ooh, Ooh, Tom Tancredo, right?

Speak for yourself, Steven Windmueller. I am a ba’al teshuvah American voter. I voted for President Obama in the last election. I remember very clearly the disastrous condition in which Mr. Obama’s immediate predecessor left our country. I am also well aware that the President’s opponents in 2008 were an over-the-hill sellout and a mindless, self-aggrandizing twit. Am I satisfied with President Obama? No. Do I think he is making an honest attempt to rectify our domestic policies? Yes. Do I think he has a lot to learn about our best interests in terms of foreign policy? Yes. Do I think President Obama is chiefly operating in good faith with the American people in general and American Jews in particular? Yes. Given the national mood, American Jews would revolt against ANY President. IMHO, Mr. Obama is not the message; he is the bearer of the message. The message he bears is that the United States is in terrible condition. The principal problem President Obama has is the mismatch between the expectations he fostered and the reality he has to deal with. Am I pissed off at the American Condition? Yes. Am I immature enough to blame it all on Barack Obama? No. No wonder much of the rest of the civilized world considers Americans to be like spoiled children.

let me know, too. What other US presidnet has ever chosen an IDF reservist as his Chief of Staff?!!!

this is one of the worst pieces of reporting i have ever read. where is the proof? where is the evidence? where is the sourcing? where is the contextualization?

republicans got us into 2 wars, $1 trillion in debt, and the worst PR debacle in centuries? no matter, THE DEMOCRATS AREN'T PRO-ISRAEL ENOUGH.

You got me pegged right; lifelong "congenital" Democrat didn't vote for him first term and working against him second term for his Middle East policies against Israel. Let's see him lean on the Arabs as hard as he leans on Israel.

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So, who are they gonna vote for now? The Republicans cause they're so much better? Oh, never mind that, it's not about who's better or worse or who does the right thing. It's about who can fork over more to Israel.

Can anyone tell me why Obama got the Nobel Prize for peace ?.....It's more likely that he'll usher the shadows of the dark dawn of.... WW3 rather than bringing Peace.

Americans ignored that Obama is unqualified in an effort to prove they are politicly correct and non-racist. Don't repeat the mistake and let Obama off the hook for supporting this slap in the face to ALL Americans.

I hope they join the GOP with the rest of the bigots, then the Democratic Party can have a platform that respects human rights for all, including the Palestinians. The Democrats are now held hostage by their influence and that's why President Obama can't make any progress towards peace in the Middle East because Jewish representatives in the Democratic Party support Israel's right-wing government.

to compare American Jews today with American Jews in the 1940s who were afraid to take the side of European Jewry persecuted by the Nazis? Who persecutes Jews today? NOBODY. Israel is a state without fixed borders, having expelled, occupied and oppressed the native population for decades, and, like its best friend, in constant violation of international law. Obama failed to deliver the change he promised, that's why he is out of favor with both the left and the right, Jewish or not

That is pretty much the normal thing to do. After all, O**** is extremely revolting.

There was another news article in Haaretz last week stating that the majority of the Arabs and Arab-Americans are very much disappointed in Obama and his policies. At least we see that it IS possible for Jews and Arabs to agree on something.

Israel conflict with the palestinians is becoming too complicated for any person to be neutral. It is a problem that lost all its realities and turned so by the palestinians who made it a mixture of all contradicting ideologies & religions etc ..! Too complicated to be solved when 'everything goes'. It is no longer any national problem etc..but it is becoming many problems beyond the boundaries of truth and fanttasy. Those who are genuinely wants peace must not take side but leave the problem for the Israeli & the palestinians between themselves to solve their problem. Any outside interference, mediation & the likewise, has its own interests and add nothing to this problem than making it more complicated & more impossible to solve ! A blood conflict between israel & the palestinian is just doing the same old thing again. it will never be a solution. Something israel will react to it not with anything new ! Time for the palestinians to come with something new ! Such as restudy the past and benefit from it to build the future of their children & the coming palestinian generations ! That must be the duty of the present palestinian generation ! Outside interference, mediation; no more !!

dont be absurd, steven... there is, there was, and there will be NO jewish revolt against Obama for this. I welcome Muslims and their places of worship eveywhere. what an oversimplification, stevie

The Tea Party is now mainstream in America incorporating people left of center and people on the right. There is a ground swell of anger here that I have never seen before in America. The protests of the 60's were just a bunch of young people with too many hormones and exaggerated visions of self importance and intellectual capacities. What you see in the Tea party meetings are down-to-earth people who do not have such a low self-esteem as to try to prance around as if they were intellectual giants when in reality they are only intellectual wannabes like in the 60's or now with the people who disparage the Tea Party. (For all of you intellectual giants, "disparage" is NOT a nice word.) The Tea Partiers are for the most part unassuming people who see the decadence and the superficiality of those who voted for Barrack Hussein Obama and they want to reverse everything back to the attitudes of the late 70's or early to late 80's. Those who do not like the Tea Party are now on the fringes in America.

i know i wont repeat my mistake again...

We should have recognized him as a 'comi' when we saw him for the first time - not 2 years later. But it is better late than never.

People should not be surprised that Obama’s left-leaning policies appear to tilt more toward the Palestinians than to Israelis. the fact that Obama and his wife, Michelle, spent 20 years listening to Wright, who routinely denounced Israel as a racist state and America for allegedly having created the AIDS virus to kill off blacks.

The mosque in NY is an political ideological statement not a religious one. That is why Hamas backs it. Obama is bringing terrorist to NY

Israel does not represent USA interests or values. It also does not represent Jewish values. Its policies are colonial in nature justifying exploitation of a subjected people. It is time for USA Jews to determine what is justice in the context of their Jewish and American heritages.

So will I.

I've been against Barack Obama since one month before he was elected president. Obama voted for that bank bailout, an unfortunate truth that many of his supporters refuse to acknowledge. Even filmmaker Michael Moore omitted that fact from his latest film "Capitalism: A Love Story." Despite inclusion of Jews in his Cabinet and his refusal to sell weapons to Lebanon and Turkey unless they promise not to use them on Israel, we Jews are not fooled. The only real "enemy" these countries have is Israel, and it's because they choose to peg Israel as an enemy. But Obama still has some proving to do before we will be convinced that he has Israel's best interests at heart.

Maybe this time they have learned that just because a candidate says that he is liberal does not mean that he is automatically pro-Israel. Open your eyes diapora Jews. In America, the rule of politics is that if you can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, that is enough to get you elected. Never believe an American Politician's' promises--only believe what he does.

I voted for this impostor. Now he is starting to show us what he stands for? I was hesitant to vote for him because of his foreign policy towards Israel and my fears have been answered.

His polls numbers show him sinking faster than a weighted stone. The popularity of a ravenous slug.

Despite all pr. obligations, and forbidden words, everybody knows that there's nothing in common between African Americans and pointed-head Boston intellectuals.

With every reason to be wary of (Reverend Wright's disciple) Obama and not a shred of evidence that he grasped complexities of the middle east, many Jews temporarily entered a Disney reality where fairy tales really do come true. Obama's dismal failure on every foreign policy front has finally shocked some into reality, though J Street at least for now persists in their bizarre "pro-Israel" agenda.

Clearly, religious freedom is fundamental and paramount and has to be respected. The authorities (Obama, Bloomberg ….) had no choice but to agree to the construction of this Islamic Centre near to Ground Zero. Nonetheless, many decent people see it as an aggression and being totally insensitive. Frankly I think that the Muslims THEMSELVES should renounce building their centre in this location. In doing so, they would earn support and much respect. Not everything which is lawful and consistent with our cherished values is wise.

J Street and the other Jewish left-wing dupes deluded the Obama administration into thinking they had cover to start kicking around Israel in their efforts to appease Islamo-fascism. But it seems those groups weren't all they cracked themselves up to be, and were little more than media creations. Now the Obama administration will reap what they have sown: distrust by Jewish Americans and Christian supporters of Israel, as well as the contempt of Moslem regimes that can smell a spineless, fair-weathered friend a mile away. For all his talk of a new beginning, Obama just got the worst of both worlds. Arabs see the US turning its back on Israel not so much as an opportunity for them (they use Israel as an excuse for their own failures--most share no border with Israel and have little real interest in it beyond PR), as a failure of resolve which will hurt them in their contest with Iran and even with each other. Time for another "reset" button, this time for the Middle East.

You made your point "make love not war", "help the minorities and the poor", "reach out for Islam and all religions", "we are all humans", "yes we can", had a good time at some manifestations? Now its time to grow up. These Islamic poor minorities already started to conquer US campuses, and they want no less than your head. So vote for your interests and your USA country for once. And don't be afraid, dear Liberal Democrat Jews, even if you vote Republican once, nobody will confound you for a Mid-West redneck.

I do not understand what they mean by Islam, though, it is a religion. The point is that, it is not good to built a mosque close to the ground zero, or even, in the ground zero, because the attackers committed this crime in the name of Islam. Let that mosque be built somewhere else.

More to the point is why New Yorkers are anxious is because similiar Muslim projects have expressed " ideals that include service to humanity, speaking out against injustice, and promoting a high moral standard amongst society" through "the implementation of a program that seeks to achieve these ideals which they call Iqamat-ud-Deen, the establishment of the Islamic system of life. " The President and the Mayor must acknowledge and address these concerns.