When the Rev. Wright controversy first emerged, Obama did not try to deny his relationship with the man who presided at his wedding and baptized his two daughters. But who knew that Wright could have such a deleterious effect on the campaign. Since then, it seems that Obama has hit roadblock after roadblock, walking down a path that seems to attract bad luck. Following the PA loss, it seems that he is losing steam, and the chart below highlights this exactly. It is unfortunate that one man could potentially be the catalyst to what seemed to be such a strong campaign, such a strong movement.
Obama has lost the momentum his campaign once had, and this Tuesday he tried to throw off some dead weight by adamantly separating himself from Reverend Wright. His comments have changed drastically from his previous stance, where he blamed the newsmedia for the way they portrayed Wright. Now, according to a recent New York Times article, Obama claims he "read the trancripts" and watched the broadcast. Now, he is “outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw ” He added: “I find these comments appalling. It contradicts everything that I’m about and who I am.”
It interesting how, after all this time, only now he is realizing how against Reverend Wright he is. A find it to be a way-too-late attempt to repair the guilt-by-association negativity that he has been unable to escape. Can one man really have such a profound effect on Obama's campaign? Are people unable to tell the difference between the two? Or does this just feed into the perception that Obama is anti-American?
Nevertheless, time will tell whether his recent change of heart towards Wright will have come too late.
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