SPEAKING OF THE DEMOCRATS' IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES :

 Muslims Aid Embattled House Member : Lawmaker Opposed Pro-Israel Resolution; Rival Backed by Jewish Leaders (Thomas B. Edsall, August 2, 2002, Washington Post)

Members of the Muslim American community are providing extensive support for Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), defending the five-term incumbent against a challenge financed in part by Jewish leaders critical of her stand on Israel.

At least three-quarters of the $234,299 that McKinney has raised from individuals this year is from donors with Muslim or Arab American surnames, the great majority of whom live outside her district.

Meanwhile her Democratic challenger, former state judge Denise Majette, has begun raising large sums from Jewish donors alarmed by McKinney's comments on Middle East matters. Majette plans to spend $500,000 in the three weeks leading to the Aug. 20 primary, top aides said. [...]

In an earlier Democratic primary, Rep. Earl F. Hilliard (D-Ala.), who was backed by Arab Americans but not as strongly as McKinney, lost to Artur Davis, who had strong support from Jewish donors across the county. [...]

Hilliard, in a post-election interview with the online publication The Black Commentator, said: "The only thing I know for sure, that I saw in black and white, is $1,098,000 that [Davis] reported. . . . [I]t came from Jews and Republicans."

We're about one election cycle away from that last phrase being redundant, huh? Posted by Orrin Judd at August 2, 2002 2:23 PM