'Wright Not Put to Bed Yet for Obama'

From Talk Left.

The first view of Barack Obama's handling of the Jeremiah Wright issue was rosy....he had survived.

Not so quick, reports the Wall. St. Journal:

It has not been defused," says David Parker, a North Carolina Democratic Party official and unpledged superdelegate. He says his worries about Republicans questioning Sen. Obama's patriotism prompted him to raise the issue of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.'s remarks in conversations with both the Obama and Clinton campaigns.

I'm concerned about seeing Willie Horton ads during the general election," Mr. Parker says, referring to campaign ads that Republicans widely credited for helping defeat Michael Dukakis in 1988. Mr. Parker said the Wright controversy didn't hurt his opinion of Mr. Obama.

Which Democratic voters do Wright make nervous?

Among older, white voters, with whom Sen. Obama has struggled, the Wright controversy could make his climb steeper. Al Neyman, a 76-year-old from Indianapolis, said that he had been on the fence between the two Democrats until learning about Sen. Obama's pastor. "To me, he's un-American sitting in that church hearing those kinds of things and not leaving," he says.

Then there's the voters hooked on the electability argument:

Even for Democrats turned off by the episode, their desire to win may trump all else. Carol Wunsch, 61 of New Albany, Ind., had hoped for a Clinton-Obama ticket until she learned of the Wright relationship, which she says, "scares me to death." But if he's the Democratic nominee, she sighs, "I would vote for him, I guess. But I still don't like him."