There was also Dowd at the weekend. What's happening here is that the liberal chattering classes who have been promoting Obama's candidacy for a year are waking up to a basic fact. He's almost certainly going to lose it in November. They are as desperate to get a democrat in the white house as anyone here so now they realize his vulnerability with the mainstream democratic voter they have a dilemma. This is a real situation folks, note the amount of speculation being raised by Brazile's apparent wobbling. At the moment they are wrestling with how they handle this situation. The wright controversy has thrown this whole situation into relief although its not huge in itself. This is a dilemma a lot of Obama supporters here are going to have to face so all these pundits aren't on their own. If Clinton does well in Indiana look for this debate to explode.

I understand what Rev. Wright is trying to do, and that he has now been given a National stage upon which to do it.

But I don't understand his timing or tactics.  If he were to either adjust his message (or the volume with which it comes) or wait until after Obama would be elected, the Obama campaign/presidency could handle the issue and possible work it in their favor to get something done.  However to push this hard right now, I just don't understand.  For some it will harden their support of Barack.  For others it will erode their support.  And yet for those that are on the fence or on the other side of the aisle...it will make them choose differently.

Some people just can't help themselves I guess.  Either he thinks his words really won't hurt Obama or he thinks his words will galvanize Obama's candidacy and support enough to defeat Hillary.

I don't know.  but I do know it's not good for Barack.

Best to get this out of the way now rather than October. My guess would be that the good reverend is getting this message privately as well. That he needs to get it is beyond dispute, because yes, this is hurting.

And anyway, when we win North Carolina and Indiana, which we will, it's over. We have the money, we have the numbers, and we're very much in the drivers seat. Hillary can't win this election at the polls, and if she manages to get the nom via scared super-delegates, she won't be President, either, because she won't carry the youth vote or the black vote.

Before you go overboard, I have to note that there has been relatively little evidence of Obama getting harmed by Wright. Nor is there solid evidence that Obama is unelectable because of it. I would love to be pointed to solid evidence of this "collapse"

Can you please link the source of your quote.  It's hard to put your diary in context when you put link in that does not go to the only quoted material.

Thanks

What strikes me is that virtually all the op-eds and editorials about this subject are extremely critical of Wright but make a clear distinction between him and Obama. They often make the point that Wright is peeved at Obama for drawing away from him and that Wright is selfish and self-indulgent, looking for his moment in the sun.

Thus I'm now thinking that this latest spate of publicity will be less damaging to Obama than I thought.  People see that Wright is angry because Obama distanced himself from him, thus Obama's views are clearly not equivalent to Wright's.

However, I'd still like Obama to reiterate those differences today.

It was a Hillry supporter that invited Rev Wright to the NPA to talk.  I think that Rev Wright is on the side of Hillary now.  He might even come out and endorse her.  LOL.

The only people the Wright issue matters to are those low information, uneducated voters who were never going to vote for Obama anyway. These white voters were only looking fro any excuse not to vote for Obama. Let us not forget that in Pa. Obama won the vote of newly registered voters by 20 points, and has actually been improving his support with these "blue collar" voters.

                 OH   PA
60 and older      28   38
White             34   38
White men         39   44
White women       31   34
Less than $50K    42   46
No college        40   38
College           51   49
Catholic          36   31
Protestant        36   53

and much higher negatives (in the mid 50s).

The solution is the joint ticket.  That's where the karmic winds are blowing towards.   We have to heed the message, tell Pelosi to shut up, and push both sides to agree to run together.  

Obama is ahead of McCain in national polls.  Wright has been in the picture for an extended period of time, and Obama's numbers have not taken a substantial hit.  This new Wright exposure is only positive, when compared to the pure soundbites circulated previously.

The doom and gloom is bizarre.  And listening to the national media (who treat this primary process as spectacle only) on whether or not to ring alarm bells and hide under your desk is foolish.