Is the Rev. Jeremiah Wright the gift that keeps on giving?
Some Republicans think so. Whereas we once talked about Obama as having “transcended” race, race seems to be all we’re talking about now. And much of the blame lies with Obama’s former pastor, who pulled off a trifecta in the past few days with his Bill Moyers interview, an NAACP speech and his appearance at the National Press Club in Washington. If nothing else, Wright’s visibility this week is a stark reminder to the Obama campaign that this guy is not going away. When Obama gave his widely praised speech on race in Philadelphia in March, it was to explain his complicated relationship with the fiery preacher, who among other things blamed the U.S. government for spreading the AIDS virus in the black community and said America “reaped what it sowed” on Sept. 11. But Wright’s antics at the press club forced Obama to take action once again. Obama’s remarks to reporters in North Carolina on Tuesday were evidence that the speech in Philly was little more than a Band-Aid. Has Obama rescued
