Our Annual Purim Spoof Cover 2012: Angry Beards, Donald Trump, Berman v. Sherman, Proxy Baptism

By JewishJournal
Published on March 1, 2012

Our Annual Purim spoof Cover

Cain suspends campaign

Published on December 5, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain suspended his campaign following allegations of sexual misconduct.

Kissinger nixed spot in a Cain administration, candidate says

Published on November 15, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that Henry Kissinger turned down an offer to serve in his administration.

Opinion: Keeping up with the Kandidates

By Marty Kaplan
Published on November 14, 2011

"Are you not entertained?" That was Jon Stewart’s response to Rick Perry’s brain freeze. He said it twice, maniacally. “Are you not entertained?” Stewart’s right about what’s happening. America is on track for the most amusing apocalypse ever. Things may be going to hell, but the campaign narrative unfolding in real time couldn’t be any more fun. It’s all entertainment, just grist for the media mill, and apparently there’s no bummer bad enough to shock us back to our senses.

Opinion: The case for Newt (and against Herman)

Published on November 11, 2011

By now it is abundantly clear that Newt Gingrich is the best debater among the Republican Presidential Candidates. Some of Newt's critics will grudgingly acquiesce to this fact, but still brush the legitimacy of the Gingrich candidacy aside, noting that he is an unserious candidate. However, Newt's magnificent debating skills, his unmatched knowledge of American and political history, his tremendous command of the issues and his eloquent oratory skills should not be taken lightly.

After stumble, Herman Cain stresses pro-Israel bona fides

Published on November 1, 2011

Call Herman Cain the crash-course pro-Israel candidate. Since stumbling in May on a question about Palestinians and the right of return, the one-time pizza executive who recently rocketed to the top of GOP presidential polls has visited Israel and read up about the Jewish state.

Opinion: Obama-Romney 2012

By Marty Kaplan
Published on October 17, 2011

Forget the fantasy of Hillary Clinton taking Joe Biden’s place on the 2012 ballot. Not only because it is not going to happen. The theory that having Hillary on the ticket would galvanize the base and that coveted independent voters, especially women, would break toward Democrats, has no deeper roots in empirical reality than creationism or climate change denial. It’s just not the game-changer that Obama needs to hang on to the presidency, let alone give him a Congress that would be any less obstructionist than the one we have now.

Romney’s Jewish backers enjoying front-runner status, even as challenges continue from his right

Published on October 11, 2011

Mitt Romney is the whack-a-mole front-runner: He consistently leads the Republican pack, but only by beating back one conservative challenger after another.