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Move Over Jesse, This Is Obama's House

The rev hates Barack because he represents the 'anti-Jackson'

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 22, 2008 1:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – If threats of castration are any indication, Barack Obama has gotten under Jesse Jackson's skin, writes Shelby Steele in the Wall Street Journal. The Illinois senator has eclipsed the reverend by effectively becoming the anti-Jackson—rather than playing off moral leverage created out of white...   Read full story »

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