I don’t know. I mean, I don’t know. Part of me gets a sense Wright is just milking his 15 minutes - maybe sticking a knife in Obama, to the extent Obama was forced, politically, to condemn the earlier statements. Yeah, I’m outrageous? Chew on this, bub.

And in the video, here, Obama clearly sounds stunned. He sounds as if he knows this has hurt; politically, but also to the extent that it’s been a distraction, and that his whole campaign is centered around the idea that these distractions take our collective eye off the ball. And he knows that’s what’s happening here.

Sullivan thinks Wright’s done Obama a favor here. I don’t know; maybe. Maybe this is where the black politician strikes down the charicature. Obama said what he had to say; will be interesting to see how the public at large responds.