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Obama casts Wright adrift

  • Justin Webb
  • 29 Apr 08, 09:12 PM GMT

The Obama news conference on Rev Wright was a dramatic and potentially highly significant moment.

The sharks were circling, but these were mainly white sharks.

It's worth wondering - amid all the chatter there will now be about how Obama should have done it weeks ago etc etc - about the effect of this denouncement on the black vote.

The Reverend is popular. He is well received.

Will we now be hearing questions about whether Obama is black enough?

UPDATE:

And further info about why Obama decided to speak out comes here.

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