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Jewish voters are proud Sen. Lieberman
is on the ticket, but say his being there
doesn't necessarily sway their vote.

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the senator's personal prestige for
energizing the campaign, both
nationally and within Michigan.
Vice-presidential candidates are
most often sent only to "B" markets,
Platt said. But, this year, major cities
and organizations do not feel slight-
ed when Lieberman represents the
national Democratic ticket.
In Michigan, the UAW and the

mery Klein has been
receiving a lot of telephone
calls this year.
Klein, a longtime Jewish
community activist, has been hear-
ing from people who want to be
involved in the Gore-Lieberman
campaign.
"I've been doing fund-rais-
ing for many, many years,"
he said, "and this year, I've
had calls from people who
were never involved in poli-
tics, or in political activism
or even in political contribu-
tions."
Klein, a West Bloomfield
resident, attributes much of
this enthusiasm to Sen.
Joseph Lieberman's presence
on the Democratic national
ticket.
"But I wouldn't say that
because of Lieberman, all of a
sudden Jews are voting for
Democrats, because Jews
have been voting for
Democrats for a long time,"
he cautioned.
Klein and Oak Park resident
Gary Torgow are co-chairs of
MOPAC. Originally, the let-
ters stood for the Motor City
Clockwise from top left: Harriet Rotter;
Political Action Committee,
Gary Torgow; Joshua Syme; Eric Rosenberg
but the group long ago
dropped the words in favor of
the acronym.
AFL-CIO planners of Labor Fest,
Klein, who emphasized he was
held each year on Labor Day, began
speaking for himself and not for the
by asking that Vice President Al
organization, said most Jews are gal-
Gore speak at the event.
vanized by certain key issues repre-
Platt told them, "It's not going to
sented best by the Democrats. Some
happen."
of these issues are separation of
They countered, "Tell you what —
church and state, gun control and
we'll take Joe Lieberman."
eliminating prayer in the schools.
Platt said he was surprised at how
Torgow said the choice of
fast
he was able to negotiate for
Lieberman strengthened his commit-
Labor
Fest. "Normally, a group that
ment to the Gore ticket. "Al Gore's
size
would
not take a vice-presiden-
selection of Joe Lieberman was an
tial
candidate
for an event of that
act of great courage and sound polit-
scope,"
he
said."
ical judgment," he said.

Ron Platt, state co-director for the
Gore-Lieberman campaign, credits

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