Is a Jewish Exodus From the Democrat Party Occurring?

I'm a firm believer that the Democratic party has alienated the very people who once made up their core; Jews, some Catholics, unions and minorities (African-Americans in particular). Weve always heard the drivel that the Republican party is the party of the rich white guy and corporations. That is not exactly true anymore (here's a post from last year).

The drift of the donkeys over to support for Palestinians, their anti-war stance and their incessant railing against Bush, a president who has had a more inclusive cabinet than any yet seen, has pushed the core to the fringes and elevated the likes of Michael Moore and Kos to the representatives of their movement.

Bush gained enough of the minority vote in '04 to win by 3%, which is interesting only because the donks used every racial ploy available to paint Bush in a bad light.

Honestly, Bush has done alot for minorities as a whole and African-Americans in general by offering what the mothers in that community want; a chance to get their children educated in the best schools via vouchers. The donks are so beholden to the teacher's unions that they've missed this simple fact.

The Recovering Democrat has thoughts on the Jewish perspective:

One of the big reasons I switched from Democrat to Republican was that, as a Jew, I felt unwelcome in the Democratic Party. The Democrats affiliate with and tolerate leftists like those that frequent the Daily Kos - i.e., the anti-Israel crowd. I have a hard time understanding how any self-respecting Jew can support a political party that does not unequivocally support Israel's right to exist.

Israel was created after the Holocaust because (a) Israel was the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people (Jewish claims to "Palestine" pre-date any Arab claims by thousands of years), (b) following the Holocaust, none of the European countries wanted to resettle the Jewish people that had just been liberated from the death camps and (c) most importantly, the World recognized that the creation of a Jewish state was the only way to avoid continued persecution and another genocide of the Jews. If there had been an Israel in the 1930's and 1940's, the Holocaust would have never happened. Jews fleeing Hitler's Europe would have had a place to go - rather than being turned away from the U.S., London, etc. If you believe in "Never Again", you believe in Israel. Otherwise, it is only lip service.

Read the whole post of course. The author of those comments is more in the mainstream than any Democrat wants to believe. They ignore this segment of the population at their own peril.