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| Democrats' situation has deteriorated beyond spin |
| 2008-03-17 |
| Jennifer Rubin, Commentary Magazine The ABC This Week's roundtable (running the political gamut from George Will to Donna Brazile) was unanimous on several points: Reverend Wright is a significant problem for Barack Obama, the Democrats are in a bloody war (Brazile says so bloody not even "bleach" can remove it) and Hillary Clinton's chances for the nomination rest on her ability to demonstrate that Obama is unelectable in the general election. All of this is complicated, they reminded us, by rules crafted so oddly as to prevent a decisive winner. As George Will put it, the Democrats have gone from "an embarrassment of riches to an embarrassment." Many conservatives may be concerned that somehow the liberal media will sweep the last couple of days' events under the rug and Obama will sail on. As exemplified by the ABC panel, I see no substantial risk of this happening. Once Americans saw and heard Wright's remarks, we went beyond the ability of even the most dogged partisans in the media to spin it in a way that would extract their favored candidate from the predicament he is in. This is not an extraneous point of policy or something beyond the ability of average people to assess. Millions of voters go to church and synagogue and don't hear this sort of venomous talk, and would leave if they did. Everyone can ask themselves: If he went to Wright's church for 20 years, how likely is it that he heard this stuff, and what does his continued attendance say about him? It simply isn't possible to wish it all away and hope voters don't notice. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #10 Extra butter, P2k? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-17 18:57 |
| #9 I dunno about that, Richard. I live in Illinois and I have to say that Jack Ryan had an uphill battle in that election even before the divorce papers were unlocked (and damn the Tribune for that). Not clear at all to me that Ryan would have won that election. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-03-17 18:06 |
| #8 If it weren't for Jeri Ryan's scruples, Obama would still be in the state house trying to fiddle a couple of traffic lights for his constituents. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2008-03-17 15:01 |
| #7 WOT: If you have a kid 18-24 out of work, on vacation, or aimless, send them to PA. It's the chance of a lifetime. This is New Hampshire '68, folks will be talking about this for years. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Angavick7428 2008-03-17 14:15 |
| #6 As exemplified by the ABC panel, I see no substantial risk of this happening. Bets? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-03-17 13:30 |
| #5 Quagmire! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-03-17 12:00 |
| #4 The guilt hustle is losing value Never had any with the 47 or higher IQ crowd. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-03-17 11:15 |
| #3 The multiculturalist and race baiting business is finally being called to account. The guilt hustle is losing value only less quickly than sub-rime loan paper. The 'only whitey can be racist' canard is finally starting to marginalize its proponents. The general American public is reaching the 'enough is enough' stage. Its a Darwin moment. Adapt or perish in the power game. Pass the popcorn. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-17 11:12 |
| #2 If Obama can't have a long public talk with a preacher - how the hell can he talk with the crazies in the rest of the world? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-17 11:10 |
| #1 Not a penny's worth of difference between "Reverend" Wright and an Imam preaching "Death to America" in Iran...or a KKK Grand Dragon in the early 1900s preaching "Death to all ni**ers & Jews"...or Robespierre inciting the peasants to put more and more people under the guilloutine! "Hate", "Racism" and "Despotism"...come in all colors! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2008-03-17 10:51 |