I think if there's any gradual movement, it's so gradual that it's barely noticeable....

There is no "if" about the movement, and it's not gradual at all.

It's obviously quite noticeable as is evidenced by the OP and other articles like it.

This is from the official page of Tammy Duckworth, one of the congressional members apparently not pro-Israel enough for Steve Rosen's liking:-

http://www.tammyduckworth.com/Israel/

And the article suggests the opposite of what you are saying here.

Were you posting it for ironic purposes?

I thought you were suggesting you agreed with it.

qualified that implication sufficiently. I thought the article was interesting, as compared with Steve Rosen's usually arid boilerplate, but I certainly don't agree with him on much.

I think that AIPAC and their like have clearly oriented in a pronounced right-wing direction over the past couple of years. For that matter, Israel has clearly become a much more right wing country in the same time frame. And the Republican Party, also, has become less of a conservative party and more of a right-wing populist party, particularly in this last election cycle. Its difficult to see how a typical grey-cardigan UK Tory conservative, for example, could find a home in today's Republican party.

However, I fail to see any real indication that the Democratic Party has become more of a party of the left. If anything it has become more centrist in orientation, in the case of foreign policy as well as in other respects.

I don't know that I've ever seen that much political money thrown down the toilet before.

Adelson is worth over $20 billion.

In fact, all of his horses lost.

Just goes to show you that insanely wealthy AIPAC supporters do not have the impact on the American political process that some would have you believe.

Detroit Tigers knocked the NY Yankees out of the playoffs and so on.

I just find the idea that he is happy now and eager to continue throwing his money in the toilet unconvincing. He is not the first rich guy to find out that buying elections is trickier than buying a car.

However, he is 80 years old and has more money than any human being could possibly know what to do with.

I actually do think he is eager to continue throwing his money in this particular toilet the next occasion he has to do so.

He gets a lot of attention and numerous people fawning over him anxious to make him happy to get access to some of his money.

Though those would probably be the same people for whom AIPAC is more of a catch-all than anything else. People who use terms like AIPAC/Israel Lobby/Jewish Lobby/Wealthy Jewish Donors/Israel Firsters/Hasbaristas interchangeably.

n/t.

Thankfully we can agree on that much!

Poor ol' Seamus gets sympathy, Rafalca gets picked on.

Very insightful and perceptive piece.