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March 20, 2008
Militant Wright Hurting Obama
by Jack Lee
Obama has surrendered 10 percentage points among independent voters shifting to Hillary's camp. This is a direct result of one man's untimely and ill considered divisive, biggoted comments coming from the infamous Rev. Wright.
John McCain has been the ultimate benefactor here, because his popularity is growing faster than either Hillary's or Obama's.
Obama's failure to address the specifics of Rev. Wright's militant diatribe has given pause to many of his present and possibly future supporters who actually know little about their candidate. These people are now questioning his background thanks mostly to the hate speech from Rev. Wright.
When it comes to establishing his credentials for being the head of state, Obama is extremely vulnerable. He has almost no credible legislative achievement to his name and he is a junior Senator. Obama has no significant accomplishments in the private sector and he has no demonstrable ability to show leadership in Congress.
Much of his recent political success is coming only from one area, an emotional appeal as an articulate, educated and charismatic young black legislator. This may be good enough for some, but most voters want to see more substance before trusting him to the most powerful position in the world.
Obama's close relationship to a racist like the Rev. Wright is just the opening the Clinton camp needed to question his judgement in connection with his limited experience and they are exploiting this area for all it's worth. This is something the Republican's can't do for fear of looking like they are picking on a black candidate and risk losing more than they would gain, even though they have a legitimate issue here.
Posted by Post Scripts at March 20, 2008 01:24 PM
Comments
Obama has made this a race card issue,I can't see it as a race issue.If Obama and the Rev. was white it would be the same.Obama brought it up being a race issue,so that Clinton could'nt press on it.
Posted by: miller at March 20, 2008 03:01 PM
Your comment intrigues me , miller. The remarks made by Wright are definitely racist in nature. Obama's defense of Wright makes him appear to be hiding a level of agreement with Wright. Obama didn't bring this up. Some believe it was the Hillary Clinton camp, others the Hillary loving left media. Either way it was bound to go mainstream. Why would Obama bring it up when he was doing so well? If he believed he could deflect the accusation (say with an eloquent speech) why wouldn't he do that early in the race to keep Clinton from "pressing on it"?
Posted by: Tina at March 22, 2008 10:06 AM