Once bitten, twice shy is a common response among Arab-Americans who sided with Bush in the last US presidential elections. Yet the "lesser of two evils" may not be good enough this time around, writes Naseer Aruri

Arab-Americans seem confused, undecided and bewildered by the choices (or more correctly lack thereof) facing them in the forthcoming presidential elections in the United States. While George W Bush has lost a good deal of the Arab and Muslim-American support he had mustered during the 2000 presidential campaign, much of that support seems to be now spontaneously re- channelled towards John Kerry. According to a recent Zogby poll, Arab-American voters in the crucial swing states of Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania who in 2000 preferred Bush to Gore 58 per cent to 22 per cent, are now opposed to Bush preferring John Kerry 78 per cent to 12 per cent in a two-man race. (...) [26 August - 1 September 2004 | Issue No. 705]