John McCain closed out the Republican convention Thursday night with a speech in which he defended traditional GOP policy points, while criticizing his party\’s recent performance and pledging to work with lawmakers across the aisle.
Like her husband, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), Hadassah Lieberman is backing John McCain for president. On Monday afternoon, she was the featured speaker at the Republican Jewish Coalition\’s (RJC) National Women\’s Committee fundraiser and fashion show in Minneapolis. But, Lieberman insisted that doesn\’t mean she\’s become a Republican.
Palin is likeable enough that she got props from Ethan Berkowitz, the Jewish former minority leader in the Alaska House of Representatives who appears poised to become the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives since Nick Begich disappeared in a snowstorm in 1972.
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