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From Ak. to Fla., heritage across the USA

Over at Politico, the prodigious Ben Smith wonders if the "Christian Heritage Week" Alaska Gov. (and John McCain's Veep pick) Sarah Palin signed into law will make Jews nervous.

Dunno, but it'd be a hard case for the Democrats to make, considering how one of their top Jewish surrogates, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), has made passage of the federal act that created Jewish Heritage month (based on a Florida model) a signature of her first term in office.

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