The Almighty State.
There's another side to this that I think is important to consider. I have many close Jewish friends, and have spoken with them about why there has been such high support for Obama among American Jews. One answer was that he is a minority, like them. I thought that was ridiculous. Jewish minorities are those who are living in countries where they are persecuted, or those living in the tiny country of Israel surrounded by much larger nations that want to destroy them. Axelrod never experienced being a minority, but he and a great number of American Jews would support a man, Obama, whose policies make the world less safe for those Jews who truly are minorities, and who truly are persecuted.