Orthodox Union looks to the next 4 years

This article in Haaretz has many troubling aspects.

1. Does the OU have thousands of synagogues? Their web site hardly lists one thousand. Does the fact that they represent food products factor into this? We did not know that packaged goods vote. Maybe food gets to vote in the inner cities of Blue States.
   
2. Was the OU was displeased with their current level of access over the past four years?
   
3. Aside from a small sample poll from Frank Luntz that did not break out OU voters where are the numbers? All the big stories about Orthodox Jews going big time for Bush are in the Haredi community that the OU hardly represents. The OU is not as organized a political force as they might think. They should be careful about overplaying their hand.

And now the Question is whether the OU will use its new influence on the disengagement plan as seem here in another Haaretz mention.