Another hack job

POLITICO published quite a whopper this morning: "Jewish Dems losing faith in Obama." And the evidence? Drum roll, please: Two Democratic Jewish couples got into "a screaming match" over Obama's handling of Israel, plus the results of "several dozen interviews." Ergo, a similar conversation must be "taking place in Jewish communities across the country," says POLITICO. Look, poll after poll has shown that this is Grade A hooey. Yes, the president has detractors in the Jewish community. That isn't news. But Obama's support among Jewish voters is not in crisis and never has been. Political insiders know it. Anyone who follows Democratic politics knows it. Hell, even POLITICO knows it. But it puts out this drivel anyway in a cynical attempt to "drive the news cycle," as its top editors are so fond of saying. (It didn't work today because Obama's presser sucked all of the oxygen out the media bubble. Oh well.) Ain't Inside the Beltway journalism grand?