Why Obama associated himself with this man of questionable character is certainly fair game in a presidential campaign. Do Americans care if the president befriended a radical who's unrepentant about hurting innocent lives? I would say so.
But there are those who doesn't think it matters, or at least not anymore. Howard Wolfson declares the race over in The New Republic:
Perpetually fretting Democrats will not want to accept it. The campaigns themselves can't afford to believe it. Many journalists know it but can't say it. And there will certainly be some twists and turns along the way. But take it to a well capitalized bank: Bill Ayers isn't going to save John McCain. The race is over.The financial crisis on Wall Street has quieted McCain's voice against Obama's foreign policy and national security experience. Main Street voters are now more worried about their pension funds, 401(k) plans, and keeping their jobs.
I hope opinions like Mr. Wolfson's would only energize the conservative voters to turn out on November 4. The race is over when you cast your vote, not when somebody pens an article.
The editors of The New Yorker wants Obama to become president, while spewing the usual leftist arguments against the Bush administration's economic and foreign policies. There's too much fat in their endorsement column. Even a liberal would fall asleep reading that article of redundancy... Yes, we know you have BDS, please move on.
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