new comity with party leaders. "We support candidates who back a pro-growth agenda," he said. "We don't care who else supports them."

The biggest Senate battleground in the Republican vs. Republican war is in Mississippi where the Club for Growth and other fiscally conservative groups have thrown their support behind state senator Chris McDaniel, considered the Tea Party's best hope of toppling an incumbent. McDaniel wants to oust longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran in the June 3 primary.

Cochran is taking the fight seriously and outraised McDaniel by more than 3-1 during the first three months of the year, federal records show. His supporters, including former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, also launched a super PAC to defend the six-term Cochran.

Even so, the conservative groups backing McDaniel have outspent Cochran. ClubRecruitment Plan Divides Canadian Religious Leaders

When Jews for Jesus announced plans recently to recruit members in Canada, it caused a firestorm of controversy that revealed a rift between the Jewish and Christian communities.

The group made a public announcement that it would recruit this summer in Toronto; in contrast to previous efforts, Jews for Jesus announced that they intended to utilize churches as a base for their proselytizing activities. The Canadian Jewish Congress responded with an aggressive campaign, sending letters to more than 300 Toronto-area churches condemning Jews for Jesus as misrepresenting the fundamental tenets of Judaism.

Only six churches issued replies — and only one of those agreed with the Congress’s assessment. The five others saw the group’s effort to stifle Jews for Jesus as an affront to Canadians’