The PA primary demonstrates that the Jeremiah Wright controversy badly hurt Obama. Contrary to the finger wagging New York Times editorial, "The Low Road to Victory," blaming Hillary for daring to wage a winning campaign in Pennsylvania, Obama was undercut mainly by his own severe problems, especially his 20 year relationship with Wright.

We now know that Obama's Philadelphia speech on race in which he refused to disown Wright was not as the media touted a fabulous success but instead a crashing disaster. Obama's Wright relationship has permanently alienated white working class voters, Catholics and Jews, among others. And the Republicans know it and are preparing for it.

A new 30 second video produced by a shadowy Republican group, which only contains factual footage, no commentary at all, is headed like a torpedo toward the Democratic Party if it nominates Obama. Every superdelegate should watch this video and explain why they would want every Democrat to bear this burden.

See the video here.

Meanwhile, down in the Tarheel state, NBC/National Journal's Carrie Dann reports: "The North Carolina Republican Party will unveil a 30-second ad [Wednesday] that attacks Democratic gubernatorial candidates Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore for endorsing Barack Obama. The ad, per the party, will reference `controversial figures from Barack Obama's past' and raise the question of the candidates' `judgment' in supporting him. The ad will be unveiled at an 11am press conference."

According to Dann, "The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is expected to play a starring role."

Because of his relationship with Wright, Obama is becoming a serious drag on down-ticket Dem candidates. Why should every Democrat have to bear the burden of Obama's recklessness?

A whole lot of fuss has been made about Obama's possible flipping of the middle finger to Hillary in response to his treatment during Wednesday's debate as something less than Baby Jesus. If he in fact intended to flip her off, his gesture marks a new low in a campaign that was supposedly predicated on high-mindedness.

Obama's invocation of Jay-Z's defiant "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" battle anthem during the same speech adds evidence to the claim that he gave Hillary the finger.

To see Obama brush his shoulders off, go to 2:25 of this video clip.

Obama's gesture prompted a mash-up video that made the Jay-Z/Obama connection explicit. Ari Melber, the other Obamabot named Ari at The Nation, posted the video on The Nation's website, noting, "Obama really is a Jay-Z fan, too. When asked which hip hop artists he likes in a recent interview, he said, 'lately I've been listening to a lot of Jay-Z -- this new American Gangster album.'"

Spencer Ackerman, another young white male media Obamaton, called Obama's gesture "perhaps the coolest subliminal cultural reference in the history of American politics."

So what is the hype about? What did Jay-Z actually say that captivated Barack Obama? Here is the hook and first verse to the new theme song of Obama '08:

[Chorus: Jay-Z]
If you feelin' like a pimp nigga, go and brush your shoulders off
Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off
Niggaz is crazy baby, don't forget that boy told you
Get, that, dirt off your shoulder

[Verse One]
I probably owe it to y'all, probably to be locked by the force
Tryin to hustle some things, that go with the Porsche
Feelin no remorse, feelin like my hand was forced
Middle finger to the law, nigga grippin ma balls
Stab the ladies they love me, from the bleachers they screamin
All the ballers is bouncin, they like the way I be leanin
All the rappers be hatin, off the track that I'm makin
But all the hustlers they love it just to see one of us make it
Came from the bottom the bottom, to the Top of the Pops
Nigga London, Japan and I'm straight off the block
Like a running back, get it man, I'm straight off the block
I can run it back nigga cause I'm straight with the Roc
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Obama hasn't flipped a "middle finga to the law" but to Hillary instead (his godfather Tony Rezko and possible financial angel Nadmi Auchi were the ones flicking off the law). He got his clock cleaned in a debate about his closest associates, his domestic policy proposals and national security credentials, but after a quick, not-so-subliminal reference to Jay-Hova, Obama's back to "feelin' like a pimp."

But don't blame Obama if you don't like his reaction. He's never responsible. George Stephanopoulos and ABC forced him to behave like a wannabe American gangster.

Obama has "xeroxed" more than just the speeches of fellow David Axelrod client Deval Patrick. He has lifted entire lines from Malcolm X (ironically, to deny that he is a Muslim), Maria Shriver, Alice Walker and "borrowed" the famous slogan of Cesar Chavez ("Yes we can!") This video shows that Obama's disturbing pattern of rhetorical photocopying extends further than we previously knew: