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The Pulse-Taker

A look at pollster Jim Gerstein, J Street's man behind the scenes
By Allison Hoffman | 1:55 PM Oct 26, 2009

At the opening session last night of the first Washington conference hosted by J Street, the upstart liberal Israel-focused lobbying group, the group’s major players all took turns at the podium to welcome the whooping crowd—except one. Jim Gerstein, a prominent player in Democratic and progressive political circles whose polling firm handles the organization’s opinion ...