WASHINGTON, March 21, 2008
Clinton Camp: Obama Team Peddling Photos
Former First Lady's Campaign Suggests Obama Campaign Pushed Photo Of Bill Clinton And Rev. Jeremiah Wright
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Play CBS Video Video Obama: Pastor's Words Divisive "CBS News RAW": In Philadelphia, Barack Obama calls the remarks of his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, "wrong" and "divisive," but said "I can no more disown him than I can disown my white grandmother."
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Video Did Obama's Speech Work? Jeff Greenfield and pollster Frank Luntz tell Maggie Rodriguez that while Sen. Barack Obama's speech was exemplary on the subject of race, it may not defuse the Rev. Wright controversy.
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Video Was Obama's Electability Hurt? Critics say that Barack Obama's relationship with his former minister, Jeremiah Wright, has jeopardized his "electability." Dean Reynolds reports.
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The Reverend Jeremiah Wright (CBS)
A photograph of the former president and Wright shows the two shaking hands at a White House prayer breakfast in September 1998. The New York Times posted the photo to its Web site on Thursday and said it was provided by the Obama campaign.
Excerpts of Wright's sermons have been the source of controversy for Obama in recent days. Videos of the former pastor railing against the United States and accusing the country of bringing on the Sept. 11 attacks by spreading terrorism have appeared on television and the Internet.
Obama strongly condemned Wright's most controversial statements in a speech on racial issues on Tuesday in Philadelphia. But he did not repudiate Wright or his overall ministry, saying the man who officiated at his wedding is like a family member.
"Less than 48 hours after giving a great speech calling for a high-minded conversation on race, the Obama campaign is peddling photos of an occasion when President Clinton shook hands with Rev. Wright, though President Clinton took tens of thousands of photos during his 8 years as president," said Clinton spokesman Jay Carson.
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