Letters to the Editor
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This is good news, however...
I'd say it's good news that the Wright diversion didn't change the Dem prospects -- how depressing it would be had the first viable black candidate for president been the first candidate torn down for simply being associated with someone who used the "wrong tone" in addressing real issues.
But the frame of the news is still a little troubling. "Despite this major scandal, Obama still polling okay." This frame just as easily could have been: "voters reject smear on Obama," or "media issue is not necessarily a voter issue," or "Clinton exaggerations offset any gains she made due to media's focus on Wright."
Wright got way more attention than Clinton's lie, which is shameful (one was based on the words of an associate, the other on the words of the candidate herself -- regarding an issue at the center of her case for electability). Yet these reports on the polling are framed solely as Obama dodging a Wright bullet. At the very least, the news is that the public has repudiated this media smear -- not that Obama is lucky.