Obama has finally had enough of Rev. Wright

On Tuesday, Barack Obama went far further than he had previously in distancing himself from Jeremiah Wright, presenting his former pastor’s recent behaviour as the antithesis of his campaign. But it is hard to imagine that this is the end of the issue.

At a press conference in North Carolina, Obama’ denounced’ Wright’s recent statements and admitted that he did not know him as well as he thought he did. He did not, though, denounce Wright the man.

Wright’s appearance at the National Press Club which sparked Obama’s anger...

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Obama's preacher problem

The last thing that Obama wants right now is Reverend Wright to be front and centre. So, Wright’s media tour with a sit down interview on PBS, a speech broadcast on CNN and a National Press Club breakfast must be causing some heart-burn in Chicago. 

Having watched the Wright interview on PBS, one gets a better idea of where he is coming from. But many of his views are still noxious. The sound-bites are also just awful, take today’s latest:

You cannot do terrorism on other people and expect it never

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Obama prepares his pivot

When this Democratic primary campaign finally comes to an end, Barack Obama will need to pivot back to the centre. Indeed, the drawn-out nature of the process which has seen Obama lose some of his appeal to independents and Republicans  means that Obama will need to pivot more dramatically than he would if he had wrapped things up early.

On Fox News Sunday, Obama was asked to name an issue where he is prepared to break with Democratic orthodoxy and say the Republicans have the better ideas. He started off rather...

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Why Mitt Romney won't be McCain's VP

Yesterday, Mike Huckabee and John McCain reunited to campaign together in Arkansas and reminded the reporters travelling with them of old times by making Mitt Romney the butt of their jokes as they did so many times during the primaries. Huckabee, to laughter from McCain, declared that: “You know for me, the fortunate thing is I don’t have to go around and unsay anything I said during the campaign”.  The contrast here is with Romney who has had to backtrack on his previous criticisms of McCain and his comment that “I’m...

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Obama campaign manager: Most racists are voting for McCain anyway

This quote from David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, is bound to create a whole bunch of controversy:

“I mean the vast, vast majority of voters who would not vote for Barack Obama in November based on race are probably firmly in John McCain's camp already”

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