RJC's Matt Brooks - Calling the tune?
Back in June in I asked Has Romney Sold Immigration Policy To Sheldon Adelson? [2]Subsequently I took note of a Politico article which directly attributed Romney’s Chick-fil-A wimp out [3]to the influence of a group of pro-gay Jewish donors.
Now corroboration of my fears on immigration policy has appeared: On the morning after, Jewish Republicans advise the party [4]By Ron Kampeas JTA.org November 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Think immigration through -- again. Forget about gay marriage…
The Republican Party as a whole is having the morning-afters…“There will be a lot of very frank conversations between our organization and its leadership and the leadership within the party,” Matt Brooks, the director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said last week in a conference call…
A number of Romney’s financial backers -- including Fred Zeidman of Texas, Mel Sembler of Florida and Sheldon Adelson -- are among the RJC’s leadership, and Brooks made clear that their voices would be heard.
Fred Zeidman [5] is quoted:
Zeidman, the fundraiser, said Jewish Republicans had a special role in making the case for immigration reform.
"The rest of the party has to understand what we as Jews have always understood -- that this is a nation of immigrants and to ignore them is to end up losing," he said.
It passes belief that Zeidman did not convey this article of faith [6] to the Romney campaign, along with his money. And that the loot-crazed Romney campaign consultants [7] would ignore either!
The JTA article did find one sensible man:
"There's no point in two Democratic parties," said Jeff Ballabon, a Republican activist from New York. "Any such victory would be pyrrhic."
It seems clear to me that this was the force which also caused Romney’s Israel grovel, [8] repelling the Paul vote [9]and alarming at least some blue collar white women [10].
Patriots must now consider what role it also played in the 112th Congress fiasco [11] - and Speaker Boehner’s rush to capitulate [12] now.