I think he has to win North Carolina in order to keep the superdelegates, you know, coming to him and hanging in there.
David Gergen
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Well, I think a lot of the superdelegates, Anderson, especially members of Congress, would prefer to have Barack Obama at the top of the ticket.
I think whoever emerges from this will be -- such as Barack Obama, I think he will be hardened up. I think he would be more seasoned as a candidate.
Without Wright, I think it's clear that Barack Obama would have won a big victory in North Carolina, and he had a very fighting chance to win Indiana.
If he were to lose North Carolina, given the large black vote there, that would be very, very bad.
I do think he has to go in Indiana now and push really hard. You know, if he can win Indiana under these circumstances, this thing can almost be over.
I think he did exactly what he needed to do. He got angry at Reverend Wright and he came out and smacked him right between the eyes.
This is ultimately a test of Barack Obama and his leadership, his inner steel.
I'm telling you, they've got to show that he's got the gumption, that he's got the fight in him that when something like this comes along, he can push it out of the way.
Barack Obama has not shown that in this campaign. There's getting to be an ivory tower quality about this.
But one of the things that Hillary Clinton has done in the last few weeks, she's proven she's a fighter. She will fight for the job, she's tough.
It's hard to imagine he can do much more, Anderson. His publicity blitz has been the dumbest, most selfish, most narcissistic act I've seen in politics in some 40 years.





