The Obama Wright Connection

To listen to some people, this scandal is a bad thing for Obama.

However, that is not true. This "scandal" is exactly what Obama needs right now. Black voters need to know that he's "still black" and not some "uncle tom" that is "too white" to represent black people. At the same time, white voters need to be assured that he's not another "kill whitey" Black Panther in sheeps clothing.

The current scandal allows him to appease both sides of the argument. The black voters will say "we see how he realy is, he's down, he's just playing the white mans game in denouncing Wright". The white voters will say "there ya go, he's standing up against the anti american!"

Both voting groups have now been given exactly what they need to rationalize how the candidate is more like they want him to be. Neither group needs to "think" about him or his candidacy because he's offered enough to both groups to fuel their preconceived notion, hopes, and desires about what he would offer.

Furthermore, the scandal gives him more time at the water cooler, more time on the blogs, and more time in peoples heads. You can be sure that he's happy to be in the news again, as there is no such thing as bad publicity.

I still think the entire situation is designed to ultimately give the candidacy to Hillary. However, him losing at this point allows for gracous speaches about how "close we came" and what should have been done in retrospect. In addition to appeasing his followers, it provides a convenient tranfer of DEM campaign energy from Obama to Clinton.

They should be able to come together after the nomination is officialy decided and work together to get their followers (supporters) to lament the scandals, but accept the victor.

the dem campaign so far has made for great tv. hopefully the writers have been well compensated!