Direct Democracy's Todd Beeton is shocked that the Obama campaign didn't have Jeremiah Wright "on message" in tonight's Bill Moyers' interview. It's clear that Wright did Obama no favor by saying that his Philadelphia comments about Wright were Obama being what he is--a politician rather than a pastor, speaking as a politician must. I'm not entirely sure that Wright thought he was dissing Obama. But the main thing is, why should anyone at this point think that anybody controls Jeremiah Wright? I can just see Obama reading that post and shaking his head in disbelief. It just goes to show you the extent to which the national politblogosphere is morphing into an extension of the Beltway MSM.
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Exactly right. All over (e.g., Dan Gilgoff, Marc Ambinder) everyone wants to know what Wright's interview "means" for Obama. No one's talking much about what it might mean for WRIGHT...because, as Terry Mattingly always reminds us, if a religion story can't be seen through the lens of electoral politics, most media, mainstream or otherwise, just don't care.