Election 2012

Obama Campaign Courts Rabbis In Effort To Regain Jewish Votes

Voters who broke for the incumbent in 2008 no longer consider him so kosher

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The Obama campaign wants you to know that some of the president's best friends are rabbis.

The Boston Globe reports that Barack Obama is losing support among Jews in Florida, a block he needs and needs badly to win a state he needs and needs badly. And the situation could be very bad for Obama's reelection efforts since Jewish support for Obama would only have to drop by a few points to make the difference between his winning or losing the state.

So the campaign is going on what they hope will be effective offense by offering up a new list of "Rabbis for Obama," which mirrors an independent effort from 2008.