Jewish favorites fall in Iowa

"The two presidential candidates deemed most favorable by Jewish voters were roundly defeated in the opening round of the 2008 presidential contest. U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) finished third in the Iowa Caucuses on Jan. 3 after an intensely fought campaign, while former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani finished sixth on the Republican side, earning less than 4 percent of the vote."

Good, I hope this is a sign of things to come...

An Open Letter to the Jewish Community On Behalf of Ron Paul

"On October 26, 2007 the Republican Jewish Coalition made public the guests list for the debate that this important organization was to hold the following month. They were all there: Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, John McCain, Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee. However, there was someone missing: Ron Paul, the Republican presidential hopeful from Texas had been excluded."

Front-loaded, tight races mean Jewish votes could matter

"This election cycle, as the nation moves beyond Iowa and looks ahead to New Hampshire and beyond, it appears as if the Jewish vote could play a role in deciding the Democratic nomination. That's because this time around many big states have pushed up their primaries and polls show a tight Democratic race."

Can evangelical Huckabee sway Jewish voters?

State Rep. Jason Bedrick, left, hosted a house party for presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, right, in October 2007. Rabbi Moshe Bleich of the Wellesley Chabad also attended the event.

"Bedrick may see Huckabee as the perfect fit for the White House, but for many American Jews the thought of a staunchly pro-life, ordained Baptist minister as president is a major cause for alarm. Especially one like Huckabee, who has called on Americans to "take this nation back for Christ," signed a newspaper advertisement stating that wives should submit to their husbands and stated that he does not believe in evolution."

Throughout his career, Obama has reached for Jewish support

"Some of my earliest and most ardent supporters came from the Jewish community in Chicago," Obama told JTA in 2004, after his keynote speech galvanized the Democratic convention in Boston."