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...based syndicated program says it has 8 million listeners every week), in an effort to spread their campaign message. It also helps them with damage control in the aftermath of negative mainstream media coverage, such as the backlash from controversial statements made by Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
...other minorities. “He needs to speak to other experiences as well,” she said. Other panelists believed this issue was not problematic given the context of Obama’s speech—coming on the heels of comments by his minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which many deemed inflammatory and anti-American. In light of the Wright controversy, some panelists said they believed Obama simply focused on racial categories he knew personally. The discussion later moved from Obama’s speech to the nature of race in America today. One of the biggest questions...
Obama addressed the wright "problem" before it assumed crisis proportions. In doing so, he displayed a clarity and depth of vision that I have not witnessed in any other politician during my lifetime. His speech was courageous and honest. Above all, it showed remarkable faith in our nation's ability to see in shades of gray rather than black and white. If this is an indication of how he would handle the presidency, I say hallelujah and amen. Farhat Biviji, CHERRY HILL...
...There were signs that Obama's hard work and extensive television advertising were paying off: various polls showed the race tightening a bit. The talk-show muttering had migrated from Jeremiah Wright to Clinton's Bosnian sniper-fire fantasy. Hordes of new voters were registering in Pennsylvania. It was not impossible that Obama would turn Clinton's predicted victory into a closer-than-expected moral defeat...
...Patriotism is, sadly, a crucial challenge for Obama now. His aides believe that the Wright controversy was more about anti-Americanism than it was about race. Michelle Obama's unfortunate comment that the success of the campaign had made her proud of America "for the first time" in her adult life and the Senator's own decision to stow his American-flag lapel pin - plus his Islamic-sounding name - have fed a scurrilous undercurrent of doubt about whether he is "American" enough...