Ed Koch Sees NY-9 As Test of Obama's Support for Israel

Azi Paybarah — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:08:10 -0400

Ed Koch raises the stakes on the special election in Queens and Brooklyn, saying an upset victory by Republicans would send a signal to the White House.

Koch emails:

If Jewish New Yorkers and others who support Israel were to turn away from the Democratic Party in that congressional election and elect the Republican candidate to Congress in 2011, it might very well cause President Obama to change his hostile position on the State of Israel and to reestablish the special relationship presidents before him had supported. His own reelection will be decided next year in 2012.

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If the Republican candidate runs on these four issues: Israel, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in the 9^th Congressional District, which will probably no longer exist after redistricting takes place in 2012, I believe that candidate would win.

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Ed Koch Sees NY-9 As Test of Obama's Support for Israel