And plays down the effect the whole controversy will have come November, nothing that “this is March, this is not October.” (John Heilemann at New York magazine offers a contrary theory, noting that clips of Wright, Michelle Obama saying that this the first time she’s proud of America, and Obama sans-flag lapel pin will make a killer Republican ad this fall). This Huckabee bit is from last Wednesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC, but worth watching if you haven’t caught it. (Wright talk starts 3:45 into clip).9

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