Minnesotans worry Rev. Wright controversy overblown
Professor Larry Jacobs comments on the Rev. Wright/Obama controversy.
The University of Minnesota's Prof. Larry Jacobs, and expert on presidential campaigns and voter behavior, said Wright's comments have undermined Obama's message.
"Barack Obama's brilliance early in the campaign was in the message of hope and transcendence that he was really moving past racial divides and talking to all of America. And he has really been encumbered and diminished and as one leader in Congress put it, kneecapped by this Rev. Wright episode, in terms of the broader American perception of Obama."
Minnesota Public Radio
May 5, 2008
