I feel as if Rick Perry is the best thing that ever happened to the American Jewish relationship since the salad days of Paul Newman and Herman Wouk. The guy is so scary, who wants to be on his team? Ben Smith at Politico is jaundiced:
State Rep. Alan Clemmons… reports on Perry’s remarks today:
“If you’re our friend, we are with you. I’m talking about Israel. Come Hell or high water, we will be standing with you!” he said.
He said something similar on the stump at the Iowa State Fair, and it’s remarkable the degree to which this has become a standard Republican candidate line, and sometimes the only foreign policy line, to GOP audiences.