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According to a poll sponsored by Fox News, more than half of Americans believe Barack Obama doesn’t share the same views of his Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans do not believe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama shares the controversial views of his former spiritual mentor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while about one in four (24 percent) believes he does share the Wright’s views. And a sizable minority has doubts about Obama because of his pastor’s comments, according to a new FOX News poll.

Other tidbits gleaned from the poll: Republicans, more than independents or Democrats think Obama in fact does share the same beliefs as Wright (Duh). More importantly for Obama, more voters now claim they’ll take a second look at him in the wake of the Wright dust up. To stem the tide, Obama has to remedy the doubts these voters have about him.

If Obama gets off the specific topic of Wright and moves on to a wider discussion of race, he should be alright. If he finds himself stuck on Wright, it’ll dog him through the general election.

And in my view, that’d be just fine.

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The County Board of Elections in Cuyahoga County, Ohio has opened an investigation to determine whether any Republicans broke the law when they switched parties in the March 4 presidential primary. Disgruntled Democrats are annoyed by the idea that Republicans intentionally voted for Hillary Clinton to keep her in the race for the Democratic nomination. The goal being that as long as the Democratic nomination remains up for grabs, and the two candidates continue to eat each other alive, it’s good for John McCain’s White House prospects. Those who allegedly crossed over signed statements pledging allegiance to their new party.

Of course this whole thing is completely absurd and yet another waste of the tax payers hard earned dollars. But then again, it’s the Democratic party we’re talking about, so this is nothing new.

Question: How does one prove disingenuousness, anyway?

I guess the real question is, did this so called “pledge” signed by cross over voters require some minimal term of time for the duration of one’s allegiance. If it did not, then the allegiance could start at signing and end upon exiting the polling station.

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2008 Election, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Ohio

Just when you thought Monica Lewinsky’s blue dress was safely tucked away never to see the light of day, now some 10 years after the “event“, it’s back in the news.

Hillary Clinton spent the night in the White House on the day her husband had oral sex with Monica Lewinsky, and may have actually been there when it happened, according to records of her schedule released today by the National Archives.

The public schedule for Sen. Clinton on Feb. 28, 1997, the day on which Lewinsky’s infamous blue dress would become stained by the president, shows the first lady spent the morning and the night in the White House.

The black cloud of Bill Clinton’s stupidity once again hovers over Hillary, and it must make her furious.

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The internets are abuzz with activity following the speech on race yesterday by Sen. Barack Obama. There are definitely two camps shaping up. There are those who liken the oratory to historical speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., and JFK. For these folks, it’s the nuance that matters. Others are pointing out the problems brought on by Obama’s attempt to justify the hateful words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Those people are focusing on the substance of the speech.

After reading all the analysis, and going through the speech once more myself, I tend to agree with Michael Gerson’s Op-Ed in the Washington Post.

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The anointed one will travel to the mount tomorrow to deliver a speech on the larger issue of race in his campaign against Hillary Clinton, John McCain, the vast right wing conspiracy, and any other infidels who refuse to believe in his second coming.

“I am going to be talking about not just Reverend Wright, but the larger issue of race in this campaign,” he said.

He added that he would “talk about how some of these issues are perceived from within the black church issue for example,” he said.

He also briefly defended Wright from the image that has come through in a handful of repeatedly televised clips from recent Wright sermons.

“The caricature that’s being painted of him is not accurate,” he said.

I’ll do a bit of prophesying here – I see a hole. I see Barack Obama in that hole. I see him with a shovel. I see him digging the hole deeper.

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Thanks to a civilized Republican presidential primary season, presumed GOP nominee John McCain was able to take advantage of the time before the general election to visit key allies in Europe this week, and even drop in to Iraq to meet with U.S. military leaders.

Anyone who’s paying attention knows that McCain has linked his political future to U.S. success in the country. It’s important for him to thoroughly understand the conditions on the ground, to understand the political challenges in addition to the ongoing security threat that fills the daily news cycle. McCain’s claim that he’ll keep a U.S. presence in Iraq for the next 100 years has been looked upon in disgust by the Democratic candidates and the liberal media. If he intends to keep up that message he needs to know more about Iraq than anyone in Washington, or at least lay claim to that.

This much is clear – while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton hurl charges of racism at one another, a spotlight shines brightly on their lack of experience to be commander-in-chief. That spotlight is John McCain, who’s foreign policy credentials gain gravitas by the day.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, John McCain, Politics