The credibility of the Obama supporters' praise for the speech would be greater if it had not been so predictable and if there had not been at least one memo circulating ahead of time instructing them to praise the speech.

Sure enough, before he even finished, the laudatory comments appeared. "WOW" "Greatest speech EVAH!" On one site at least four people claimed to have been moved to tears just from reading the transcript of it!

Obama's problem is he got caught being a politician. He was trying to be "post-racial" while simultaneously playing the race card by falsely accusing the Clintons of racism.

He has never been under the national media spotlight and he made the mistake of not getting out in front of this a long time ago. He used his church as proof against the "stealth muslim" smears and then he couldn't separate himself from the church when the story began to break. He tried to finesse things with half-truths and it came back to bite him.

For the record: I don't think Obama is a racist or unpatriotic (or a muslim) and I don't care what Rev. Wright thinks.

Why are you afraid to let the democratic process run its course?

After the party leaders choose our nominee for us, should we ask the Supreme Court to short-circuit the November election and appoint Obama as President?

The last time we tried that it didn't work out so well.

If you want to read a great speech on race in America try this one:

url: http://www.afn.org/~dks/race/clinton-e6.html

The guy giving it wasn't trying to get himself out of trouble when he gave it.

To be fair, they really do think his farts smell like roses.

Don't you just love the little troll games?

They cite a source or authority that seems related but is really irrelevant because it does not prove or support their thesis. Sometimes it actuall disproves their point.

The Bizzaro-world version of that game is when they read a source you cite and can't seem to understand plain English because they deny what it says.

They are partying like it's 1999.

They haven't had this much fun since Monica Lewinsky.

Obama surrendered the moral and patriotic high ground. Screw the whacko rumors that he's a Manchurian Muslim. All they have to do is play the videos. The racists get to cry racism.

And for anyone who points out that the wingers have religious figures like Hagee and Pat Robertson to deal with, so what?

Hypocrisy and double-standards are a feature, not a bug for them.

I keep telling people about that speech because I keep hearing how no one has made a speech like that since MLK. It's like a cookie-cutter comment I see on lots of sites.

I am a supporter of Hillary, but I don't hate Obama. I think he stepped in it on this issue but I hope he survives.

Many Obama supporters are overly optimistic or in denial. This issue isn't over. It will resonate with a lot of people, and not in a good way.

Pardon me, but your bias is showing.

Molly said:

“There is one area in which I think Paglia and I would agree that politically correct feminism has produced a noticeable inequity.

Nowadays, when a woman behaves in a hysterical and disagreeable fashion, we say, “Poor dear, it’s probably PMS.”

Whereas, if a man behaves in a hysterical and disagreeable fashion, we say, “What an asshole.”

Let me leap to correct this unfairness by saying of Paglia, Sheesh, what an asshole.”

RIP Molly

Susa has been the gold standard for polls this campaign.

Hillary in PA by 18 points.

Bet the rent on it.

Gee Walter, You were a really good journalist before you started drinking the kool-aid.

"In the end, Obama seemed to win simply by not losing."

"Barry didn't sh*t himself, therefore he won."

isn't one of them.

Y'all realize Walter is a kool-aid drinker too, dont you?

about the debate was that Obama got treated like a Democrat.

Welcome to the club!

because he's afraid the people will be saying "Hillary!"

but it wasn't until Obama was the target that the outrage appeared in the lefty blogs.

When the boys at MSNBC were beating up on Hillary, where were the other big bloggers?

The only difference on Wednesday night was that Obama got treated like a Democrat.

Obama got treated like a Democrat.

Welcome to the club, Barack!

You better get used to it, if you want to be President.

What happened Walter?

You used to be a great journalist, but since you started drinking the kool-aid you turned into a hack.

This is much better than the last couple articles.

She had everything going against her.

Except the voters.

Maybe he thinks he'll have better luck with McCain.

The problem is the media won't defend Hillay, no matter how unfair or dishonest his attacks are.

But the Village idiots love them some Johnny Mac.

Obama is tap dancing in a minefield.

Obama is inspiring and uplifting.

But in the words of Walter Mondale/Clara Peller: "Where's the Beef?"

The man is all sizzle, no steak.

But winning with superdelegates is akin to a dictatorship?

Buy a clue Walter - Obama can't win without the superdelegates either.

Obama is another Dukakis - an electoral disaster waiting to happen.

on many levels, not just sexism.

It implied violence against a Presidential candidate.

That's wrong no matter if the candidate is a woman, an African-American, or a plain old white man.

of his relationship with Wright and Trinity UCC. Now he's stuck.

His original story also makes his current story hard to believe.

But what about the 20 year relationship?

Is Obama ready to disown the man? He said before that he couldn't do that.

Rev. Wright believes what he says.

Consequently, I have more respect for Rev. Wright than Obama.