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...Obama's approach to the problem appears to be to empahsize his mainstream views and shore up his credibility through other associations. Endorsements from people like former Hillary Clinton supporter and onetime Democratic chairman Joe Andrew "can help you stop the damage from this kind of affair," says Keeter. Maybe. But at least repairing damaged credibility is possible; healing the country's racial divide is a lot more difficult...
...well-received Philadelphia speech on race, in which he explained why he listened to Wright's speeches to begin with. "The difficulty people would have is precisely that: if he has been going to that church for a long time how could he not know?" says Scott Keeter of the Pew Research Center. The question now for Obama is which is worse - people thinking you agree with Wright, or people not believing your high-minded explanations for associating with...
...Wounds caused by damaged credibility, of course, are also hard to heal. "The problem with credibility," says Pew's Keeter, "Is that people think of it as a fundamental character trait. Some measure of lack of honesty is damaging because it leads to a broader generalization...
...Americans, we need to recognize our past wrongs, understand why they happened and prevent their recurrence in future conflicts. And as citizens of a nation that holds up the banner of morality, we must be prepared to be judged. SANDRA POZAR-KEETER Taegu, South Korea...
Increasingly skeptical voters, however, demand results just about that measurable and turn surly because they rarely get them. The message of the election returns last week "is a kind of distemper on the part of the public and a dislike of insiders of all stripes," says Scott Keeter, who runs the Commonwealth Poll at Virginia Commonwealth University. Comments Jay Severin, a New York-based political consultant who often advises Republican candidates: "I don't think it's a Republican message. It's more a Perot message. People are angry...
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