Sunday, May 4, 2008

Damage Control for Obama

Since the scandal about Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright came out, more voters have been turning away from Obama. A poll conducted in Indiana found that voters were 21 percent less likely to vote for Obama since the scandal hit. These voters could ruin Obama's chance in November.

Obama is now trying to show that he doesn't believe what Wright believes like; personal history, his professional career, and his voting record all show he has fair liberal views in U.S. domestic and foreign policies. However, Wright's statements in the past weeks have forced Obama to make a renunciation that undermined the credibility of his well-received speech on race. Some say that the question now for Obama is which is worse.....People thinking you agree with Wright, or people not believing your explanations for associating with him?

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