In response, AIPAC board member Robert Asher persuaded liberal Democratic congressman Paul Simon to run against Percy, Simon later wrote in his autobiography. With AIPACs encouragement, pro-Israel PACs and wealthy American Jews provided Simon with $3.1 millionfully 40 percent of his war chest. A s
Romney may be struggling among voters in the South, but he was endorsed by two of the three RNC members in Mississippi, Henry Barbour and Jeanne Luckey. Romney even has support from RNC member Robert Asher of Pennsylvania, the state Santorum represented in the Senate.
Other influential party figures have stayed above the fray, but are likely exerting significant influence behind the scenes. Among them are Robert Asher and Christine Toretti, the states two Republican National Committee members who have both avoided commenting on the issue.
Robert Asher, a lecturer and curator at the University of Cambridges Museum of Zoology, told Discovery News that Luo and his team have made a compelling case based on a good analysis, but he added that it is very difficult at this point in the mammalian tree to identify early members of what are