Actually they are not that a powerful lobby. This is why I just don’t get the pandering part. AARP, NRA, major pharma and the street special interests beat them by miles in terms of influence but I don’t see politicians on either side sucking up so shamelessly to these groups in public.[/quote]
The Israeli lobby is the most powerful foreign lobbying group on the hill in term of actual size, but its influence goes even deeper beyond its actual size. Jews are very well represented within the elite of various fields, catering to the Israeli lobby certainly help pave the way for better relations in many other areas.
