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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…

This isn’t the first time Douglas Kmiec–prominent legal scholar, former Catholic University dean, advisor to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, legal counsel to 2 Republican presidents–has made positive noises about Barack Obama. But Kmiec went so far as to formally endorse the Illinois senator yesterday in Slate: As a Republican, I strongly wish to preserve traditional…

More evidence that the Wright controversy is pulling down Barack Obama’s poll numbers: the Gallup daily tracking poll now shows Hillary ahead for the first time in a month: Obama’s campaign has been plagued by controversial remarks made by his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Obama delivered a major speech on race Tuesday to try…

In drafting a major address, it’s not uncommon for Barack Obama to assemble a circle of outside advisors or pick the brains of scholars and experts in one-on-one phone calls. But for yesterday’s big speech responding to the Jeremiah Wright controversy, Obama more or less locked himself in a room and put pencil to paper,…
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