There is a saying that where there are two Jews there are three different opinions but here are my two cents about Obama handling the Louis Farrakhan question at the debate last night in Ohio. Obama handled it fine, and had a great selling point, even with Hillary's attempt to create a perception that his answer was not good enough.

What was the great selling point? Israel? No, since we know his position as far as Israel is concerned, but he wishes do something that the Jewish community is longing for which is to bridge the once strong relationship (until fairly recent history) between blacks and Jews.

Jews were involved in establishing the NAACP in the beginning of the 20th century, African American newspapers were among the first newspapers to denounce Nazism, most civil rights attorneys in the South during the 1960s were Jews, and both groups were eager to express the similarities rather than the differences between the Jewish and Black experiences in this country.

However, from the 1960's to recent history this relationship has deteriorated and as a Jew, I have to show my appreciation for the prospect of a president Obama coming in and attempting to build a new bridge between two groups that have mostly worked side-by-side but have encountered an unfortunate series of misunderstandings that ruptured a once strong Black-Jewish alliance.

The Jewish community would love to restore this relationship and this pitch from Senator Obama is a big seller.

I found Barak Obama's response to the Louis Farrakhan's question to be fine, no matter how people try to spin this using a context attempting to hurt Senator Obama.

I thought Obama did a great job handling the situation (conceding the point to Clinton) when Senator Clinton tried to create a perception that his response was not good enough.

The positive debate in Washington a couple of weeks ago left me feeling good about both Clinton and Obama and proud of both candidates. Clinton focused on her strengths trying to sell her abilities assuring she would make a fine president. But what has been turning me off about her and her campaign is the divisiveness and the negativity that was over the top in January, with Bill Clinton messing things up for her, and the current aggressive tone from her campaign. I have to admit I was rooting for her to win New Hampshire, but since, I have been turned off by her husband and by the tactics of her campaign. I think that if Hillary kept a more positive campaign to show America that she is not as divisive as people make her out to be, she would be in a better position today and she'd probably have my support.