THE COALITION OF PEOPLE AND GROUPS WHO MAKE CANDIDATES SAY STUPID THINGS ABOUT THAT STATE NEXT TO PALESTINE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I urge folks to read Garance's post arguing that Hillary Clinton's crazily rightwing perspective on the Israel/Palestine conflict isn't the product of sincerely held beliefs, but rather a pander to a coalition of savvy activist groups and wealthy advocates who're singularly committed to guaranteeing continual American support for a Likudnik view of Israeli politics, and are particularly powerful in New York politics. I'd suggest, for linguistic convenience, that we call this "coalition of activist groups and advocates" a "lobby," and distinguish them from other lobbies by saying the name of their issue (Israel) before we say "lobby," but then I'd get called an anti-Semite. --Ezra Klein
