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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 04:49 PM
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the Wright controversy
Bob Beckel on the Wright controversy:


Unless it is proven that Obama lied about not being in the pew when Wright delivered the controversial statements in question then, for the vast majority of Democrats at least, he is likely to put this crisis behind him.

But the Republican right wing has seized on the Wright story and is unlikely to let it go. For John McCain this has serious downside potential. Anger in the black community towards Republicans is established and immutable. But if conservatives are perceived as exploiting yet another race story, anger could spread to moderate Republican and Independent voters, many in the suburbs, where the Republicans have been bleeding support the last decade.

For those supporters of Hillary Clinton who see the story as a way of selling superdelegates on Obama's unelectability, the downside is far more dangerous. If the Clinton campaign is caught using the race card, particularly after Bill Clinton's 'cracker tour' of South Carolina, it will assure a Clinton defeat in November. Not only will blacks boycott the polls, so will many of the millions of young voters Obama has brought into the political process.

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I guess that we will see what happens.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/the-danger-of-w.html
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David Dunham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 05:06 PM
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1. Beckel's an Obama schill
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 05:11 PM
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2. What is your definition of the word "schill"?
Your statement does not seem to have any meaning.
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