The sermons by Obama’s pastor could offer the GOP a road to victory, insiders believe.
For months, Republican party officials have watched with increasing trepidation as Barack http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3812 fans and pulled in significant Republican and independent votes.
Now, with the emergence of the notorious video showing the Rev. Jeremiah Wright damning the country, http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3757.
In their view, the inflammatory sermons by Obama’s pastor offer the party a path to victory if Obama emerges as the Democratic nominee. Not only will the video clips enable some elements of the party to define him as unpatriotic, they will also serve as a powerful motivating force for the conservative base.
In fact, the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3811 has convinced some that, after months of praying for Hillary Clinton and the automatic enmity which she arouses, that they may actually have easier prey. “For the first time, some Republicans are rethinking Hillary as their first choice,” said Alex Castellanos, a veteran media consultant who recently worked for Mitt Romney’s campaign.
Even Obama’s much lauded Tuesday speech, which detailed his relationship with his church and focused on the issue of racial reconciliation, failed to shake the notion that Republicans had been given a rare political gift.
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