Why I think Obama's speech will help him put the Wrght controversy to rest

[cali]

There's really no way for the MSM to spin this speech. It was quite remarkable in its honesty and yet a speech of reconciliation about racial divisions; their genesis and how to move toward resolving these profoundly thorny problems. The MSM will laud the speech and that's half the battle. In the light of such a speech it's difficult for detractors to try and tie Obama to Wright in the same negative manner, or to frame him as being a stealth angry black man. He knit together a compelling narrative that will be hard to unravel.

This is a speech that will be long remembered and spoken of. It will be discussed in classes and written about. I don't believe that by itself it will make any great difference, but it does open up the national conversation in a non-threatening way.

Obama did what he needed to do today and more. He defused the situation and changed the trajectory of this Wright thing from damage mode. I can't see him losing the nomination over this. And he did something else: He presented himself as a completely plausibe President.

[papau]

1. We won't know impact until polls are out a week from now and we find

out if the media swung this one his way,

I thought half the speech was Hillary did it, the other half I inherited the problem and can make it better.

The Hillary did it was funny when he pulled the IWR vote into a speech on Wright and his relationship and race - "political opportunism" is a kind phrase to use.

[jasmine621]

2. Not so, in my opinion. This is said after every Obama speech. Then

folks can't remember that they heard the same thing reframed in other Obama speeches and in speeches by other civil rights leaders and politicians.

[cali]

5. If you think that Obama's oratorical skills and speeches

haven't helped him be the front runner, you're delusional. They have. And this one will help him as well- at a critical time.

[TwilightGardener]

3. It was wonderful--anyone who keeps up with the Wright shit now just looks silly, and

he's proven what an inspiring, unifying, and politically skilled nominee and President he can be--he truly rose to the occasion.

[Tarc]

4. Yep, a remarkable pice of Cover Your Ass in the wake of political scandal

Same ol, same ol.

How are those Pennsylvania numbers lookin for you man these days, cali?

[txaslftist]

8. LOL. Who cares?

Pennsylvania hardly matters now. Too little, too late.

[C_U_L8R]

6. It did much more than that.

I'm listening to it right now.
I've never heard a better speech. Seriously. None better.
I'm listening to a person who truly should be President.
We should be so fortunate.

[pointsoflight]

7. Don't care about the Wright thing, quite frankly. This is much bigger than that.

He, of course, had to address the specific issue of Wright's comments. But the real issue is whether we as a country will choose the path of cynicism and divisiveness, or take the other path. It's a potentially defining moment in our history--fester in the wounds of the past, or move forward to a better American envisioned by our founding fathers when they wrote the phrases "in order to form a more perfect union" and "we hold these truths to be self evident...".

[thevoiceofreason]

9. Kick