Ari Fleischer, Norm Coleman, Expose Obama’s Record on Israel, But Leave Too Much Hidden

By: Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Published: November 5th, 2012
Latest update: November 6th, 2012

Former White House Press Secretary and political pundit Ari Fleischer at a packed pro-Romney Jewish event Last Thursday.
Photo Credit: Richard Chait

To paraphrase Shoeless Joe Jackson: If you hold it, they will come.  The Republican Jewish Coalition held a Town Hall-style meeting to promote a Romney candidacy in northern suburban Philadelphia last week, and boy did they ever come!  The event was held on Thursday, November 1, at Gratz College, in Melrose Park, PA.  There wasn't a parking space left across the entire campus, and cars lined the street surrounding the entrance.

The event, "The Jewish & Pro-Israel Community at a Crossroads - Critical Issues & Choices Facing the U.S. & Israel," featured Senator Norm Coleman (Republican former U.S. Senator from Minnesota), and former White House Press Secretary and political pundit Ari Fleischer, with RJC executive director Matt Brooks as the host. They pulled together three big, deep-red easy chairs and two small tables to hold their water bottles.  The three spoke for an hour and a half in what seemed like a relaxed, and not overly rehearsed (although, clearly, it was) conversation about why Governor Mitt Romney is the better choice for president of the United States for Israel-supporters, especially  - but far from exclusively - Republican Jews.

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