Romney Bows Out! McCain a Sure Thing....

To the surprise of some voters, Mitt Romney suspended his presidential campaign today. He has effectively sealed a win for Senator John McCain as the Republican nominee. Romney explained that although he hates to lose, he loves his country more. Bowing out of the race now will give McCain more time to focus on luring the conservative base and campaign even more effectively against the Democrats. As Obama and Clinton duke it out for the final finish, McCain can set his sites on the prize without much worry of any opponents in his party. Romney said that during a time of war he felt it was the right thing to do: "I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror." Certainly many conservative republicans are not happy about this latest development. McCain will have to work hard to convince conservatives that he can represent them well in Washington.

First Jewish President: Bloomberg?

Now that Mayor Bloomberg has changed his party affiliation from Republican to unaffiliated the buzz is already starting. The move for the mayor is certainly interesting politically and has many talking about his bid for president. Bloomberg is denying any interest at this point in the oval office. It would be interesting to see 2 mayors: Bloomberg and Giuliani battle it out along with a NY senator, Hillary clinton but perhaps that's too much NY for most people? Being Jewish would do little to help the mayor according to the Guardian:``People thought every Jew in America would run out and vote for Lieberman,'' said Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, interreligious affairs director for the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group based in New York. ``But Jews are fairly sophisticated voters. They don't vote along the lines of, 'I'll vote for the Jew because I am one.' They tend to vote issues. They tend to vote politics.'' Honestly, I think the last thing we need in this country is a Jewish president. There is enough antisemitism out there, a Jewish president wouldn't help that.

Obama and the Jews

Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Obama has Jewish voters concerned about his connection with Muslims. He attempted to assure Jewish voters that his support of Israel is unwavering. Obama has seemingly switched his position on Israel and does not seem to want to discuss that flip flop, as the article suggests:

Obama said while he is committed to protecting Israel's security, he would also reach out to Arab leaders who are committed to recognizing Israel and renouncing violence. He did not repeat the position he took last month while campaigning in Iowa - that he supports relaxing restrictions on aid to the Palestinian people because "nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people."

When a reporter who followed Obama out of the building asked him about his previous statement, Obama did not answer but closed the door of the car he was getting into to head back to Congress.