I posted the following comment over at the Wall Street Journal in response to Professor Dershowitz's misconceived column:

American Jews, including Professor Dershowitz (my excellent Criminal Law professor at Harvard Law School), were completely foolish to vote for Obama. First of all, concerning foreign policy, military matters and national security, John McCain was the vastly superior candidate, as he was and is knowledgeable and experienced in those subjects, a steady hand to guide America in what were sure to be troubled waters. Unquestionably, McCain would have, among other things, maintained traditional American support of Israel. In contrast, Obama had no knowledge and no experience with respect to foreign policy, military matters and national security. Putting such a person in the American Presidency was reckless given the problems in the world and particularly the Middle East. Secondly, it was clear enough that Obama was and is a person of the Left, and the Left's agenda includes hostility to Israel, which is why Obama would and did have people in his life who were and are rabid anti-Semites.

The core problem is that many American Jews still hold on to the destructive politics and illusions of the Left. During the election, it was not "bait and switch" on the part of Obama. It was the making of a few empty statements that would carry those who wanted to believe in Obama. At this point, Professor Dershowitz should clearly see the mistake made, but his column pathetically reads as if he really thinks that the Obama Administration will take certain steps that Professor Dershowitz notes. Perhaps Professor Dershowitz should spend some time reading David Horowitz's "Left Illusions" and pondering how intelligent people could persuade themselves to vote for someone in Obama who should have been utterly out of the question.