The Jewish Week: “Jewish Republicans Seen on Edge About Tea Party”

David Streeter — October 6, 2010 – 11:22 am | Election 2010 | Republicans Comments (0) Add a comment

The Jewish Week reported today that Jewish Republicans are concerned about the rise of the Tea Party. As reported by The Jewish Week:

As the Tea Party wave sweeps across the nation’s political waters, Jewish Republicans are increasingly worried that the movement could wash away their hopes of winning over Jewish voters - even as leaders of the insurgency talk about expanded outreach to minorities, including Jews.

‘The idea of the Tea Parties scares the hell out of the Jewish community, and I can’t tell you it’s unjustifiable in some cases,’ said Fred Zeidman, a longtime Jewish Republican leader in Texas. ‘There are some candidates out there that are clearly unqualified; whether or not that hurts us, we just don’t know.’

So unqualified that the Republican Jewish Coalition, the central address for Jewish GOP activists, will not support some high-profile Republican candidates with Tea Party connections, starting with Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell.

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