J Street’s conference in October 2009 provided plenty of fodder for the group’s critics. Many congressmen, once they got wind of what the group was up to, decided to take their names off the “host” list. The confab itself was filled with a hodgepodge of Israel bashers and mullah apologists. So when I saw that the next conference had been scheduled and with the midterm elections just four months away, I thought, “That’ll be dicey for the lawmakers who want to attend.” But alas, J Street has scheduled its 2010 conference for 2011. Why, that’s just after the midterm elections!

You’d have thought they would have wanted to showcase their pet candidates just before the 2010 elections, right? Hmm. I suppose not.