If the pastor of my church gave a sermon in which he declared "God Damn America," I would leave that church so fast that your head would spin.

That's exactly what Obama's pastor did. And Obama has been a member, and a close associate of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright for upwards of twenty years. It doesn't matter whether Obama was personally present. He had to have known about it. For a so far brilliantly run campaign, waiting to address the Rev. Wright issue until now has been inept.

Obama has a lot of explaining to do on this one. This has the potential to mortally damage his candidacy. He will have to unequivocally throw Wright under the bus if he hopes to avoid political disaster.