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MARCH 18 After his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, becomes the most controversial preacher in America, Obama delivers an impressive speech on race in Philadelphia...
...silver lining for McCain is that the media's bias has sometimes backfired on liberals. One reason gun control and abortion have repeatedly been land mines for Democrats is that reporters never issued any warning signs. The press has long underestimated the political risks in liberalism. Obama's Reverend Wright fiasco was a case in point. Even though the two men had close ties, the press gave little scrutiny to the radical preacher for a year after Obama's campaign began. When attention finally came, Obama gave a speech that tried to shift the focus from their relationship...
From a management perspective, these men of the cloth present fewer challenges than high-maintenance newbies with legions of stylists and image consultants (not to mention debauched groupies). "Their brand isn't something that's been invented; it's been around for 2,000 years," says Samantha Wright, the group's manager. The Priests' first album, to be released in November, will include Catholic favorites like Ave Maria, O Holy Night and Panis Angelicus. Mike Hedges, a producer who has also worked with U2 and Welsh rock group Manic Street Preachers, won't be setting those tracks to a funky...
...busier. A British film team is shadowing them for a documentary airing this fall, and in September the group will record a concert at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland, for future broadcast on public TV stations across the U.S. The promotional travel will be punishing, too. Wright, their manager, says: "They'll work as priests until the end of Tuesday, wake up early Wednesday, fly wherever, work all day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, fly back that night and start priesting again Saturday. They think they're tired now; they might not know how tired they're going...
...that the press will air more of McCain's attacks. And so far, polls have indicated a fairly tight race, usually tilting toward Obama by just a few points. Obama is still a relative newcomer in a wartime election, unknown to many Americans. He's still got his Rev. Wright problem. And during the primaries, even a sizable number of Democrats told pollsters they felt uncomfortable voting for a black...