The issues needed to be raised as how much of Wright's theology Obama has adopted is a valid concern of votes. We still don't know the answer to that question.

As far as the timing, it is NEVER too late to expose such blatant racism as Omamessiah has exhibited.

I think the reason it became a big media story now is because it is six weeks until PA and the news cycle is a little slower, or all about Clinton and Obama. Also, back when the story was first broken, Hillary was the expected winner, and Obama's candidacy hadn't taken off, when it did the story was about Obama's rise in the polls. I also think for a while the media was covering Obama as the underdog, now he is the top dog, and subject to a little extra scrutiny.

I would take one exception to what you wrote. Both Obama and Clinton are likely to need super delegates (or delegates to switch) to win the nomination. Clinton needs more of them than Obama, but Obama isn't going to have enough pledged delegates to win the nomination on those alone either.

It’d been much smarter to wait a couple of weeks and have this controversy in full bloom when people are voting in the Keystone State. April 22 is a long time from now and people will be caught up in taxes, the NFL draft, and other diversions by then unless this thing has a whole lot more legs than I think it does.

Actually, James, it makes more sense if you consider that the timing of the "conspiracy" (which I do not believe exists) is not to persuade PA votes (who are presumed to be pro-Clinton anyway), but rather to prevent more superdelegates from endorsing Obama, since Clinton's strategy relies on superdelegates overturning the pledged delegate result.