I woudl say, in response to Ted's carp, that Obama demonstrated quintessential leadership. He faced the issue squarely and explored where it came from and what it was made of, and projected the necessary direction and vision which could lead the nation to heal or remedy it, making it clear that it was a slow process, but providsing the starting ground for it.

He also refused to be buffaloed by media flap, right-wing name calling, or other histrionics, kept his eye on the ball, refused to compromise his position, but also refused tog et lured into a zero-sum games condition -- in short he hamdled it as a first-class leader would.

I would say he did, in fact, put the Wright issue behind him, because the truth is it was not a Wright issue, calling for disconnection and refutation, but a race issue, calling for honest, transcendant and transparent clarity, which he largely provided.


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