Thanks for the reply. You think that Obama hasn't been vetted? I think the opposite. I think he has been and will continue to be “vetted,” but it seems so far that the press can't find anything of substance to stick.

Ayers: I think the guy was an idiot for setting bombs to send a political message, but what does what he did 40 years ago have to do with Obama sitting on a board of an organization with him that is geared toward helping children?

Wright: I have mixed feelings about Wright. He has said things that agree/disagree with. But as Wright has already acknowledged. Obama is his own man, and has formed his own opinions, so I find it pretty laughable that people were trying to paint Wright as this guy that was influencing his policy decisions.

Rezko: Obama's dealings with him illustrated poor judgment, as he readily admitted, but the prosecution of Rezko didn't reveal any wrongdoing from Obama. Rezko even revealed that the prosecutors were pushing for information on Obama but he refused to implicate him where there was no there there. And I find it amusing that people always yell Rezko to illustrate that Obama was involved in shady dealings but glance over McCain's history with the Keating 5 scandal, Abramoff, etc.

It seems that people view Obama as this unknown entity, whereas I feel that I don't know much about McCain yet either. Just this narrative about him being a POW, which is fine, but he has a long political record that hasn't fully come to light.

Having said that, I do hope the new campaign staff gets him back on message.

Mainly Jill's title, and sub-title caught my eye. I didn't even watch the video.

Obama has never been vetted…sure, there has been mentionings of the likes of Wright, Ayers, Rezko, etc., but no real digging by the press beyond that. It's like Obama waves-a-hand, and the press swoons.

Apparently we see what is going on differently.

Thanks for the reply!

I was just wondering how this article makes the left look like it is worried? Personally, I think that the press seems to have an ongoing love affair with both Obama and McCain, but the fact remains McCain has not been called out on a lot of his double talk, and this is one issue where he was talking out the side of his neck and then changed his mind. Barack has done the same thing, but it seems his mistakes/gaffes get replayed for a week straight whereas McCain's might get a passing mention. Why can't the press just hold both candidates feet to the fire in the interest of giving the voters the best information possible?

Just my 2-cents…