How will the divorce play out with Rev. Wright?

[Life Long Dem]

Is Obama safe?

[MNDemNY]

1. I would suspect he has picked a fight with a rabid pit bull.

Lotsa luck.

[emilyg]

3. Yep.

[Hoof Hearted]

6. That would be a crazy ass rabid uncle pit bull.

After this press conference the media will be following Wright around like love-struck puppy-dogs.

This story just became meat and potatoes.

[MNDemNY]

10. Porterhouse and a big Idaho Baker, with spinich on the side.

[DJ13]

2. He hammered the final nail in today about this issue

All thats left is for the MSM to come to grips with their loss of a weapon to use against him.

[islandmkl]

4. ask which one is going to deliver the goods in November for you...

and your family....

Rev. Wright will not be in the question or the answer.

[Life Long Dem]

5. Everything was good until Wright showed he was against Obama

by what Wright said yesterday.

[undeterred]

11. Wright's 15 minutes of fame are over.

Now he is Obama's former pastor, that's all.

[caledesi]

21. How did that happen? hmmmmmm NT

[ourbluenation]

7. read this...

that was impressive

snip

...Maybe these racial and cultural divides can help us understand how better to move beyond them. Cynics may scoff - and certainly will. They will parse every nuance and try to paint Obama as another cynical, positioning pol. I don't believe it. He has more sincerity and integrity than the vast majority of politicians, more honesty, and more resilience in a very tough spot.

And today, we found that he can fight back, and take a stand, without calculation and in what is clearly a great amount of personal difficulty and political pain. It's what anyone should want in a president. It makes me want to see him succeed more than ever. It's why this country needs to see him succeed more than ever.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/obama-divorces.html

[Barack_America]

8. My guess is that Wright gets the house, Obama gets the kids...

but that neither have to pay alimony due to their respective book deals.

[Life Long Dem]

12. But I think Obama will get the White House, and Wright can have the house.

Chris Wallace Obama showed some guts today, and there is no question that he is a Muslim anymore.

[Cha]

20. Chris Wallace said that?!

Obama has guts..anyone would know that..and he keeps showin' it.

[Life Long Dem]

23. Yeah, he definitely said Obama has "guts"

and now everyone knows he is not a Muslim. The not is a Muslim part I couldn't quite understand. Do Muslims have no guts?

[Cha]

28. I was surprised 'cause that doesn't sound

like something a faux nooze guy should be saying..know what I'm sayin'?

[Life Long Dem]

31. Yeah, I know, and I figured if anyone was going to go on an attack it would be faux

But Chris (on a telephone from a hotel) said the people of NC and... will show how this is seen by them. So Chris left it up to the people. :shrug: That's the best we could wish for. But I still turned off cable news once again just in case the attacks start in.

[Joe the Revelator]

9. This is all a brilliant move by Obama.

[Hoof Hearted]

16. BRILLIANT!

BO-polar disorder: when suddenly things which just last week were unspeakably awful are now the BEST THING EVER, cause Obama said so. Like Ronald Reagan, and healthcare plans that leave people uninsured.


The media are going to follow big-mouth Wright everywhere he goes now.


This is just getting STARTED kiddo's!

[uponit7771]

18. I agree, Obama sew Wrights mouth shut FOR us and the media will STILL follow Wright around

...like a lost puppy.

[Life Long Dem]

27. Yesterday Rev. Wright came out

and said some things that angered Obama. It could be for money, it could be for attention, it could be he is star struck, it could be he is a bit loopy, it could be he is gay, but the thing is the pastor turned his attention onto to Obama, and Obama said that is enough.

[enid602]

29. are you new here?

Didn't you get the memo? Why, I heard (on the 'Race to the White House' program with Rachael Maddow) on AAR on Saturday night that Jay Rockefeller said that there's no money in fiscal '09 for health care, and that if a new President can't get it approved in the first year, he/she will not be successful during the rest of the term. As such, health care is dead, and a vote for Hillary is just a wasted vote. So there (sarcasm).

[Life Long Dem]

13. Okay I tuned in to hear Obama live.

But I think I am hearing favorable talk right from now cable news and Obama will be able to put this behind him.

[Lisa0825]

14. Actually, I was kind of wondering if this has been the plan for a while.

I was thinking Wright made it easier for Obama to distance himself, wwhether or not they planned it together... it could have been Wright understanding that Obama needed to do it, so he basically served himself up on a platter by making more statements.

[uponit7771]

19. It's a great tactical move but it makes me so fuckin mad that it has to be done!!

[bigwillq]

15. Obama will be fine.

This is really a non-issue. How could Obama be judged by the views of his pastor? :shrug: Yes, it seems like they've had a friendly relationship for years. But people can change. I think Wright is just now trying to take advantage of his new found fame in the public eye. But Wright's 15 minutes are almost up.

[Cha]

22. Yeah, people change..who knew

hilary would be the primary candidate from hell?

[uponit7771]

17. NO!! The MsM makes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much money on Wright and the Obama connection!

[Bensthename]

25. ugh, true...

[Bensthename]

24. Obama needs to now get on the phone and tell Wright to keep his hole shut.

On this issue. If Wright really is wanting Obama to win this, he should see where Obama is coing from.

[On the Road]

26. NOW it Might Actually Work in Obama's Favor --

As long as he was trying to explain Wright's position to others (as admirable as that was), he was associating himself with Wright's point of view by defending it. Now that he's put that behind him, any future exchanges with Wright through the media can form an extended "Sistah Souljah" moment and actually separate Obama from the worldview that was giving voters difficulty.

Wright's irresponsibility made this absolutely necessary, and I think Obama took exactly the right tone. I just hope it works.

[panAmerican]

30. These predictions aren't worth much; I think people have made up their minds either way

Remember how glad we were when he "put it away" during the race speech? I will have to wait till tonight to hear what he said about Wright, but I won't hold my breath about MSM spin, and general voter apathy. Especially since some of the things Wright said were head on, but he strayed way too far on some subjects and tripped himself up.