Theoria, this line makes me really uncomfortable: "In an obvious move to recover some votes that he rightly loses by being an incompetent buffoon,
he panders to the Jewish vote, undoes a couple of decades of slow, spotty progress..."
Look, I'm not touchy about Jew stuff, but I am a Jew, and goddamnit, we're not going to vote for Bush. Further, only the national Jewish organizations, e.g. the AJC and AIPAC, should be considered pro-Israeli. Like all single-issue interest groups, they've been taken to the hard line. Meanwhile, almost every Jew I know (and that's plenty) wants justice and peace. We're fully aware of what's going on, and we don't like it. Implying that Jews are unilaterally dedicated to this issue has no bearing on reality, and it's offensive to suggest that we are, as a group, committed to a pro-Israel/anti-Palestinian position. It's offensive because we have better sense than that.
You may say you're only reporting or analyzing the Bushies' way of thinking, but even that doesn't hold. So, before moving forward with an offensive analysis of Bush's political motives, please remind yourself that Bush's Israel policies have nothing to do with Jews and everything to do with Christian fundamentalists. I believe in justice and charity (tzedakah is among the highest of mitzvot), and so do most American Jews. Please don't forget that.