former president of the Labor Zionist Alliance (also a Conference of Presidents member organization, now known as Ameinu), Menachem Rosensaft, citing Palin’s thin foreign policy credentials, suggested that the decision to invite her “was little more than a not particularly subtle attempt to help her win Jewish votes for the GOP ticket.”
“Contrary to the McCain campaign’s insinuation,” he said, the Obama campaign had nothing to do with the subsequent decision to disinvite her, he said.