Republican Candidates Court Jewish GOP Organization

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Republican Jewish Coalition held a forum today with six of the Republican Presidential candidates. Coalition members heard first from former Senator Rick Santorum, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and former Massachusetts in their morning session.
 In the afternoon session the speakres were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.  The event is taking place at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul was not invited to participate in this forum by the GOP Jewish Coalition because 'he's just so far outside of the mainstream of the Republican party and this organization,” said RJC Executive Director Matthew Brooks. According to the Boston Globe, Rep. Ron Paul was not invited to attend because of his position on Israel. 



The room was packed for this event, with a standing-room-only crowd of attendees and representatives of over 100 different media outlets, including CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, international news networks from Israel, Germany, Japan, Denmark, and Holland, and web and print media top names such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Boston Globe, Commentary, PJMedia, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Time, and The Weekly Standard, as well as top Jewish outlets.


GOP presidential forum - Morning Session



Mitt Romney spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition candidates forum. He criticized President Obama for adopting a foreign policy of appeasement, saying "This president appears more generous to our enemies than he is to our friends." He also criticized the president for not traveling to Israel and announced he would travel to that country on his first foreign trip as president. After his speech he answered questions from audience members.