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Democrats' situation has deteriorated beyond spin
Jennifer Rubin, Commentary MagazineThe ABC This Week's roundtable (running the political gamut from George Will to Donna Brazile) was unanimous on several points: Reverend Wright is a significant problem for Barack Obama, the Democrats are in a bloody war (Brazile says so bloody not even "bleach" can remove it) and Hillary Clinton's chances for the nomination rest on her ability to demonstrate that Obama is unelectable in the general election. All of this is complicated, they reminded us, by rules crafted so oddly as to prevent a decisive winner. As George Will put it, the Democrats have gone from "an embarrassment of riches to an embarrassment." Many conservatives may be concerned that somehow the liberal media will sweep the last couple of days' events under the rug and Obama will sail on. As exemplified by the ABC panel, I see no substantial risk of this happening. Once Americans saw and heard Wright's remarks, we went beyond the ability of even the most dogged partisans in the media to spin it in a way that would extract their favored candidate from the predicament he is in. This is not an extraneous point of policy or something beyond the ability of average people to assess. Millions of voters go to church and synagogue and don't hear this sort of venomous talk, and would leave if they did. Everyone can ask themselves: If he went to Wright's church for 20 years, how likely is it that he heard this stuff, and what does his continued attendance say about him? It simply isn't possible to wish it all away and hope voters don't notice. Posted by: Mike 2008-03-17 |
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