careful what you wish for

Some people are their own worst enemies. Marc Ambinder:

A paradox: when Wright’s sermons first saw the bandwith of air on ABC News and elsewhere, Obama allies and Wright supporters begged reporters to broadcast and publish the full sermons and to provide relevant context. Well, now the cable networks are content to let Wright talk for as long as he desires; CNN seemed to jettison their entire schedule last night in order to broadcast Wright’s entire speech to the NAACP. Everyone wanted Wright’s full context: now they have him.

Obama should have cut Wright loose a long time ago, as I’ve said before. I didn’t think Wright would go so far as to try to torpedo Obama’s candidacy, but that’s what I think he’s trying to do.