The Israel Factor: Ranking the Presidential Candidates

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerPage.jhtml


Rudy Giuliani - 8.37 (dropped out)
Newt Gingrich - 8 (dropped out)
John McCain - 7.75
Michael Bloomberg - 7.5
Hillary Clinton - 7.5
Al Gore - 6.875 (dropped out)
Mitt Romney - 6.87 (dropped out)
Bill Richardson - 6.75 (dropped out)
Sam Brownback - 6.625 (dropped out)
Fred Thompson - 6.5 (dropped out)
John Edwards - 6.5 (dropped out)
George Pataki - 6.38 (dropped out)
George Allen - 6.38 (dropped out)
Mike Huckabee 6.25
Mark Warner - 6.25 (dropped out)
Evan Bayh - 6.25 (dropped out)
Joseph Biden - 5.62 (dropped out)
Christopher Dodd - 5.62 (dropped out)
Bill Frist - 5.38 (dropped out)
Condoleeza Rice - 5.38
Barack Obama - 5.12
Russ Feingold - 5 (dropped out)
Wesly Clark - 5 (dropped out)
John Kerry - 4.88 (dropped out)
Tom Vilsack - 4.86 (dropped out)
Chuck Hagel - 3.5 (dropped out)

[Lief 🗽]

Ron Paul- 0.

[Angel of Death]

What are these numbers supposed to represent? Are they proportional to the number of dead Arabs and Muslims the proposed policies of the corresponding politicians are estimated to lead to?

[8 out of 11 is not deserved]

I'm pleased to see Barack Obama near the bottom of the list.

No an anti-Jewish statement.  Could care less about the religion.

The issue is we need a state of Palestine.  Until we get one, we will keep tensions high in the Middle East.  The folks in Irasel, in general, don't want to accept this reality.

We need to move on to living together in this region.

[AltWorlder]

Forget this, what about the Taiwan Factor?

[Хahar 🤔]

Why I don't like Clinton/McCain.

[True Democrat]

Another issue I have to say I agree with Obama more on.

[Stranger in a strange land]

The issue is we need a state of Palestine.  Until we get one, we will keep tensions high in the Middle East.  The folks in Irasel, in general, don't want to accept this reality.

Israel's American supporters, especially Christian Zionists and Dominionists, are much less accepting of this reality than most Israelis are. I think deep down most Israelis know that a Palestinian state is inevitable, they're just trying to delay it as long as possible, and so far they've been very successful.

[8 out of 11 is not deserved]

The issue is we need a state of Palestine.  Until we get one, we will keep tensions high in the Middle East.  The folks in Irasel, in general, don't want to accept this reality.

Israel's American supporters, especially Christian Zionists and Dominionists, are much less accepting of this reality than most Israelis are. I think deep down most Israelis know that a Palestinian state is inevitable, they're just trying to delay it as long as possible, and so far they've been very successful.

Their price of their success is our biggest foreign policy problem.  It needs to end

[Cubby]

Ron Paul- 0.

Forget this, what about the Taiwan Factor?

I agree. I support an independent Taiwan. Its the DPP for me.


And what exactly did Chuck Hagel and John Kerry do to piss off Israel?

I'd be about a 6.5 on this list. I don't always agree with Israel's decisions, but I support their right to defend themselves and have a lot of residual affection from their early days.

[AltWorlder]

Ah, but the question is who are the main supporters of a democratic Taiwan in the U.S.

There should be a ranking of all of the foreign lobbies.  Who supports Israel, who supports Taiwan, who supports the Armenians, who supports the Kurds, who supports Cuban Exiles, who supports Iranian expats, and on and on and on.