Is this real?

There is a link on Drudge tonight to an article from the NY Observer which says that congressman McMahon, a Democrat from Staten Island, is circulating a list of Jewish donors to his GOP opponent, Mike Grimm. According to the article, McMahon says his point is that Grimm has a lot of support from outside the district. Nevertheless, the article points out that many on the list live in the Staten Island district.

So why would this congressman compile and distribute a list of contributions by Jews to his GOP opponent? The stated excuse is obviously a phony. So what is it? Unfortunately, the combination of the list itself and McMahon's clearly false explanation for it leads to the inevitable conclusion that he thinks he can gain support if he labels his opponent as a candidate of the Jews. For this to be happening in New York City is not only absurd, it is almost unbelieveable.

I would like to see some proof that this story is actually true. If it is true, then the Democrat party should dump McMahon. Imagine the outcry if a Republican put out a list that showed that his opponent was being financed by African Americans and then he gave a phony excuse as to why that list was compiled. Keith Olbermann would have cardiac arrest!

This issue cannot be allowed to sink into the shadows. It is way too important.