[purplefrog]

Originally Posted by Mavdog

the cnn report doesn't reveal any new items. the information has all been brought up before. obama never "worked for ayers", they served together on boards.

those "radical" grants? efforts to teach peaceful resolutions and also african american studies. wow, how radical....

frankly, if ayers is the only issue that mccain has in his toolbox to use against obama, the race is truly over and obama wins in a landslide.

mccain needs to focus on the issues and not get dragged into an argument over who knew whom when.

I disagree that this has no new information. The Obama campaign has repeatedly stated (including in this video) there was no real relationship and that it was all essentially "coincidental" contact between Obama and Ayers. This report suggests to me that there was an intentional relationship. The relationship specifically being Obama saw Ayers as someone who could help launch his political career. He didn't care about Ayers' past only that he was a "player" in regional politics. It goes to the question of what Obama is willing to do to move forward politically.