Obama Should Talk to Uncle Jeremiah

It might now make sense for Obama to cozy up to his estranged Uncle Jeremiah Wright. Why do I say this?

First, Obama could be exploiting a serious underlying conflict in the Republican Party. The strongest part of the Republcan base are Evangelical, small-town, Christians. But yet, they are now being asked to support a big-city, filthy-rich Mormon (Romney. And to vote against a more earthy, mainstreet Christian (Obama).

While Obama is black, his upbringing is FAR more similar to the upbringing of most Evangelical, mainstreet Republicans. They are not multi-millionaires born into super-rich families. Obama comes from a very modest background and a single mother.

This is something that almost certainly is causing some reservations on the part of the Evangelicals. And they never liked Romney very much anyway. They nominated almost ANYONE rather than Romney, even the black Herman Cain.

By cozying-up with his uncle Jeremiah, and being seen with him in public, Obama is revealing his evangelical side. And Jeremiah Wright, in many respects, is a fire-breathing Evangelical. And Obama went to his services for 20 years. Proof of his non-Moslem Christianity.

At the same time, now that America KNOWS Obama, he no longer needs to be so cautious about who he is seen in public with. It would NOT be very damaging to see Obama attending a Jeremiah Wright service, and it might actually make him more favorable to the Evangelical Republican base.

After all, if he is seen attending a fire-breathing Jeremiah Wright service, it will re-inforce that he is NOT a Moslem, nor a Mormon, but a bonafide Christian like the Republican evangelicals.

Even if this would not win over Republican Evangelicals, if it would reduce some of their intensity, or introduce some ambiguity of feeling, this could be of tremendous value to Obama.