Changing the Subject

Peter Wehner, writing in NRO today, declares that the real questions in the election are: "When it comes to Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.’s bigoted and anti-American views, what did Obama hear and when did he hear it? These are perfectly legitimate, proper, and even urgent questions."

Urgent? By what criteria are Obama's relationship with his pastor urgent questions? The sinking economy, the never-ending violence in Iraq--these are urgent questions. Focusing on Obama's relationship with Reverend Wright is urgent only insofar as it distracts the electorate from what the president Wehner worked for has done to the country and the world. It's a matter of priorities, I suppose.