[Erik Latranyi]

The pundits have no problem condemning the ministers at Obama's church who spew this venom, but everyone avoids the fact the parishioners appear to revel in the hatred, as well. It seems Obama hasn't just failed to inspire a few looney reverends towards racial harmony, but an entire congregation, as well.

Many people do "get" this fact. Obama is a member of this church. He is just like those hooting and hollering while "whitey" gets skewered on the pulpit.

This is precisely why his support among white Dems has collapsed.

[roses of sharon]

Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s top aide, has been making a film about the newly-notorious Father Michael Pfleger:

Pfleger is the subject of a documentary being made by Chicago-based David Axelrod, Obama’s top strategist. On Friday, Axelrod told me in an e-mail that the film project has “been dormant for much of the last two years due to other commitments.”