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Obama's Jewish "problem"

— dailykos.com — From the National Jewish Democratic Council : Cut this margin down , and McCain might've been able... to hold Florida and North Carolina. But despite all the right wing chatter and even polling that showed McCain doing better amongst Jews than ... (more) Obama's Jewish "problem"

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