The Wright Questions

by Peter Wehner

A few thoughts on the widely played excerpts from the sermons of Barack Obama's pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago:  1. This is the worst crisis the Obama campaign has faced. It has done deep and perhaps long-term damage by calling into question the judgment and credibility of the junior senator from Illinois. And it badly undermines Obama's claim that he is a figure who can bind up America's racial wounds.

Clinton Campaign Wants Texas to Postpone Party Conventions

As final results of the Texas Democratic caucus remain unknown, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign has asked the state Democratic Party to put the brakes on the next round of political meetings that will help determine how many delegates each candidate will get from Texas.

For Democrats, Increased Fears of a Long Fight

Lacking a clear route to the selection of a Democratic presidential nominee, the party's uncommitted superdelegates say they are growing increasingly concerned about the risks of a prolonged fight between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, and perplexed about how to resolve the conflict.

Pastor to the President?

by Patrick J. Buchanan

When the assassination of John F. Kennedy horrified a nation, Black Muslim Minister Malcolm X declared it payback for America's violence in the world, a case of "chickens coming home to roost."

McCain Ignores the Right at His Electoral Peril

by L. Brent Bozell

The conservative talk-show community? Don't mind them - they're irrelevant.  This message from John McCain surrogates and other members of the political class is filling the airwaves and op-ed pages. In the Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes recently wrote that McCain needn't worry that conservatives are uncomfortable with his candidacy, because "while they love to grumble and grouse, conservatives tend to be loyal Republicans who wind up voting for their party's candidate."

Obama's Pastor and Clintons' Tactics Make Race a Central Issue

by Robert Novak and Timothy P. Carney

Race, studiously avoided by the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and subtly peddled by the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), has bloomed into a central issue in this presidential campaign thanks to the now-ubiquitous words of his mentor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. This is bad news for Obama, but he is managing the development nearly as well as he can.

It's Not Compassion -- It's Wright-Wing Racism

by Michael Reagan

Everything Obama said was directed at suggesting that while Rev. Wright should not have used such inflammatory language, he was somehow justified because of America's white racism.

Obama's Race Speech Needed to Be Said

by Carolyn Barta

"We the people...in order to form a more perfect union." Barack Obama started his speech on race Tuesday with these simple words that began the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.

Accept the Obama Invitation

by Newt Gingrich

Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama gave one speech in Philadelphia this week, but he made two different presentations.

Passport Breach Being Investigated

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today apologized to all three presidential candidates for the improper access into their passport information by State Department personnel, as investigators began probing possible motives and why the breach was not detected earlier.

Look for a Hillary Hail-Mary Pass

Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign is at a moment of "real crisis," says Newsweek's Michael Hirsh. With her attempts to force new votes in Florida and Michigan fading, her "prospects for prevailing over Barack Obama in the primary popular vote by June are vanishing fast.

Throwing Grandma Over the Side

by Mona Charen

It's a mistake to try to pigeonhole Barack Obama. He is too smart and too agile to succumb to easy categorization. But the candidate's eloquence is often more of a curtain than a window to his soul - and one is left to wonder where his heart truly lies. As George Burns said of acting, "Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you've got it made."