Candidate faces down his former pastor, but what took so long? — Boston Globe — …after Obama’s uncategorical repudiation yesterday of the man who presided at his wedding and the baptism of his daughters, voters and other political observers will inevitably wonder what took so long - and how Obama could have misjudged someone to whom he was very close.

THE REV & THE GLOBAL VICTIMS’ CLUB — NYPost — THE saddest aspect of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s tirades is neither his dishonest charges, nor his egocentric claim to speak for all black churches, nor even the harm he’s done to the dreams of his best-known parishioner.

McCain Offers Market-Based Health Plan — WAPO — Sen. John McCain on Tuesday rejected calls by his Democratic opponents for universal health coverage, instead offering a market-based solution with an approach similar to a proposal put forth by President Bush last year.

Oh, No He Didn’t: Sharpton Accuses Obama Of “Grandstanding In Front Of White People” — SayAnything — Well, you can put this one in the “Slap my face and call me Sally” file, because this is WAY over the top, even for Al Sharpton:

Obama, Stevens, and Voter Fraud — SayAnything — The WSJ’s John Fund has a fascinating piece on the background of today’s Voter ID law decision, liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens who wrote today’s opinion upholding Indiana’s Voter ID law, and former “community organizer” and ACORN litigator, Barack Obama and his ties to the corrupt Daley political “machine”.

Thought Of The Day: The Wright Affair Proves Obama Isn’t Fit To Be President — RightWingNews — Even after spending 20 years being a friends with Jeremiah Wright and listening to his sermons, Barack Obama assured people that he didn’t know about his extreme views and that people were taking Wright’s comments out of context. Meanwhile, pretty much everyone else in America pegged Wright as a racist, anti-American demagogue.

Rush Pause Operation Chaos — Stop The ACLU — I’ve watched a lot of people get frustrated with Rush as of late. I saw many get frustrated he wouldn’t endorse a candidate, namely Fred Thompson. Now I’ve been seeing quite a few that think he is playing a dangerous game with his “operation chaos.”

No Gas Tax Holiday — Andrew Sullivan — Obama stands his ground. Weigel outlines why the tax holiday is a shameless pander. It has to be one of the most depressingly crude pieces of political pandering I’ve seen in ages.

Matthews: Today’s presser sort of makes Obama the anti-Wright, doesn’t it? — HotAir — If you think Wright’s planning to come back at Obama with both barrels, attacking him personally while dropping “wisdom” about the twelve Zionists who rule the world cooking up ebola in their lab or whatever, then the Messiah ends up Wright’s victim/nemesis with all attendant sympathy privileges thereto.

Obama and Wright: How Far Apart Are They? – PowerLine — As Paul noted earlier, Barack Obama denounced Jeremiah Wright today. While political realities no doubt contributed to Obama’s decision to break with Wright, I don’t doubt that most of what he said was sincere.

McCain Focusing On Health Care — Pat Dollard

Obama Too Little, Too Late — Atlas Shrugs — I caught his speech at the airport, what a pathetic, ill timed performance (and that’s what it was, a perfomance).
By their fruits ye shall know them, and so we know him. He is denouncing Jeremiah now? Wright is ugly but consistent.