But I have to agree. The Rev. needs to be kicked immediately and firmly to the curb.

And frankly, I think it could be too late for Obama to do anything: He got his one chance to deal with Rev. Wright, and no politician gets a second chance to deal with the same problem. Obama lost it. And it totally sucks to say that. The committed delegates to Obama will probably start to back Clinton.

So get ready for 4 years of more Republican Light!!!!

Obama loses more by throwing Wright under the bus than he does by chuckling and shrugging every time Wright makes headlines.

If Wright is as wacko as everyone thinks he is, Obama can use him as a foil:

"There are some people who still believe we need two Americas... blah blah blah..."

My girl Clinton sure looks good lately, doesn't she?

I would think Wright would be just a little more savy than this but I guess not. He'll make his point but Obama won't be president.

This makes me sad. Really really sad. I'm still voting for him.

And don't get me started on Bob Herbert, or Catherine Crier. And Sullivan? Sullivan. Come on.

But the way, Hillary loves McCain's gas tax holiday. That's her global warming policy for you right there. I want to talk about that.

Or the press could ignore the tabloidian kerfuffle and point out "how does this have anything to do with the issues ANY of the candidates will have to deal with as a President?"

Thanks, Dan, for being part of the echo.

No. No, she most certainly fucking well does not. No matter how difficult it may get to vote for Obama, it only seems to get easier to vote against Hillary.

God, what a fucking depressing election. If this pushes the nom to Hillary, I'll just have to sit it out and not vote this November.

No matter who ends up as the Democratic nominee, we won't be dealing with a Hillary Clinton presidency.

Is Obama really the honorable of a man he won't bring up the Clinton scandal, even to point out Hillary's hypocrisy?

Seeing a Democrat use the Rove tactics of lying and swiftboating really makes me sick. Clintonian Baby Boomer democrats are in a defensive sort of posture thanks to 30 years of GOP dominance where they think acting like a Republican is the only way to win. And they may be right, for now.....Obama's rejection of Baby Boomer identity politics may have been too soon demographically.

To our future Master John The Glorious McCain! I swear my life and soul to service you and your great revival of the Fourth Reich! Hail McCain! Hail McCain!

Using religon to get 31 of 53 young girls pregnant (in Texas) seems more acceptable than being a black pastor who yells every now and then.

Congrats, Hillary. Argh.

1) People who are ready to surrender whenever anything stands in their way (@16 & @17)

2) People who believe they are above the average American (@18, @23)

3) People who resent anyone who tries to win the fight in front of them instead losing, nobly, in a righteous (imaginary) fight (@12, @15, @19)

Or perhaps it's that you do understand this, and are simply more comfortable being on that side.

4) People who pretend that some bit of manufactured hype signals a turnaround for their candidate when she is, in fact, still losing and still the likely loser of the nomination (@6, @25).

Screw this whole "Obamaton" meme. It's the Hillary supporters who are the real mindless robots. You regurgitate every little hit against Obama while ignoring your own candidate's glaring deficiencies. Which Dem candidate just came out in favor of McCain's gas tax suspension? Oh, that's right, it was Hillary Clinton.

When I say winning, I mean winning health care reform, winning withdrawl from Iraq, winning more progressive taxation and winning a stronger economy.

If Wright is hurting Obama, and Obama is unwilling or unable to take care of this problem, what kind of president will he be?

Will he take the high road when his reforms are gutted? Will he refuse to distance himself from big coal and nuclear power when they make demands against cleaner alternatives? Will he let the Republicans (remember them?) sweep his knees while he obeys the Queensbury Rules only he agreed to?

How sure are you Clinton is the only person in the world willing to play on people's fears? How comfortable are you will a candidate who says "I know you're afraid but you shouldn't be, because I know better than you?"

In ten March polls, Obama led by an average of 3.7%. Clinton led two of those polls, one was even.

So the bounce has gone from 3.7%, to 11.2%, to 5.8%.

Not if it's Clinton, you don't. She belongs to a right-wing cult in DC, is now best friends with Murdoch and Scaife, lies outrageously badly and often, and uses the worst Republican tactics to try to win A RACE SHE HAS ALREADY LOST.

And if she hadn't lost it already -- lost because she can't manage her campaign, can't manage her finances, can't manage her people, and, most importantly, can't win the votes and delegates needed to win -- then she would lose in November because, for all sorts of reasons on all sides, most people LOATHE her. Sometimes correctly, sometimes not, but she is HATED.

Hillary Clinton will NEVER be President and she has only herself to blame for it.

Let her go already!

Chill, everyone, and just watch. Obama surprised us the first time he had to deal with this, and he continues to show how unflappable he is in a crisis. Has anyone seen this man "freaked out." Hillary started screaming "Shame on you" over a campaign flyer, heaven knows what she'd do in a real Situation.

The slogan of the campaign--against Hillary and then that Crazy Tempertanrummy McCain--should be LET COOLER HEADS PREVAIL. And he will.

it's a bit disappointing coming from the stranger. or wait, it isn't ...this is the stranger.

Anyway, this is another case of Dan getting overemotional. Barack is a talented politician. I think he's better at this game than Dan is. I'm not worried.

Period.

(See how obnoxious that is?)

since wright is willing to take potentially harm obama's campaign to further his own message, it's better that we give wright his time now, and not in the general. even so, mccain has said he does not want to focus on it. so this takes a potential obama negative off the table, while simultaneously removing a mccain positive.

clinton's latest ploy, siding with mccain on the gas tax truly reveals her plan. someone on slog said it brilliantly: so if democrats were republicans, hillary would be winning the nom. it's not a bad tactic, however, as many a swing voter could be persuaded by it. it is revealing, and perhaps too late.

Instead of freaking out over another Scary Black Man Who Doesn't Love America Enough, how about we "Swiftboat" John McCain about John Hagee? I suggest major news networs devote five to six weeks of daily stories that prominently feature Hagee's views of Catholics, etc. Then let's see whose candidacy came through the best.

Instead of freaking out over another Scary Black Man Who Doesn't Love America Enough, how about we "Swiftboat" John McCain about John Hagee? If I were Obama, I'd ask the major news networks to devote five or six weeks of daily stories to coverage of Hagee's views of Catholics, etc. Then let's see whose candidacy came through the best.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/191983.php

Well done. Doesn't leave much to talk about.