Hillary Clinton has long argued that Barack Obama is so new to politics, so utterly untested, that he is likely to be destroyed by a Republican attack machine that only she has mastered. Because most polls show Obama consistently defeating John McCain, Clinton's only electability argument lies in questioning Obama's capacity for defense.
But the exposure of Jeremiah Wright's inexcusable comments, and the racial divisiveness they have engendered, has provided Obama with an opportunity -- the chance to be profoundly tested...
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