This one comes from The Jewish Week via this article that speculates on NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg as a running mate for Mitt Romney.

Excerpt:

The best Jewish running mate might well be Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, who could not only boost the Jewish numbers and add gender and geographic  balance but help Romney beat Obama in his native state.

There’s another article in the same online pub.

Excerpt:

“Had McCain made [Hawaii’s first Jewish governor] Linda Lingle his vice presidential candidate, I think the Jewish vote might have been very different and the whole election might have been somewhat different,” said Jonathan Sarna, a professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis. “If Romney feels obligated to bring in a Tea Party person as his vice president, it would likely diminish his chances with the Jewish community. If on the other hand he brings in someone the Jewish community is comfortable with, like the New Jersey governor [Chris Christie], it might help him.”

But Gilbert Kahn, a professor of political science at Kean University, said the overall Jewish vote is not as important as the Jewish vote in four swing states: Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois.

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