Sundown: Jewish Donors To Stick with Dems?
Plus Palin rocks the Magen David, and more
June 01, 2011
Sarah Palin in Manhattan today. Note the necklace.(The Maddow Blog)
• Major New York Jewish donors say that while there may be some concerns about President Obama, there is little-to-no serious thought about abandoning him and the Democratic Party. [NYO]
• Syrian security’s beating, mutilation, castration, and murder of a 13-year-old boy prompted Secretary of State Clinton to hope that the incident prompts the Syrian government to “begin a transition to real democracy.” Yup, here’s hoping! [The Envoy]
• Clinton and her Israeli counterpart, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, were supposed to meet last week when they were both in Paris. Then they didn’t, because of Clinton’s tight schedule. Sure. [Haaretz]
• The relevant subcommittee appropriated the highest-ever funds for U.S.-Israeli missile-defense cooperation, thanks to young dicks—I’m sorry, that’s Reps. Young and Dicks. [Rep. Alan Rothman]
• Eli Valley goes all Kafka on the Knesset’s J Street hearings. [Forward]
• This Muppets Take Manhattan sequel doesn’t seem very funny, even if it is Jewish. [Rachel Maddow Show]
Rep. Anthony Weiner has succeeded in the making the word “certitude” into a punch-line. Here’s another word: Oy.
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
