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Election 2008: MSNBC sees a black backlash over ad in Pennsylvania

By Greg BraxtonSenior Writer, Culture and Representation 
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Newsweek’s Howard Fineman was one of the analysts on MSNBC who said a Republican Party ad focusing on Sen. Barack Obama’s relationship with controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright may have backfired in Pennsylvania, where there was a huge black voter turnout.

‘There are very long lines of black voters in all the precients,’ said Fineman, noting that Republican rival Sen. John McCain had stayed away from the Wright issue.

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Anchor Keith Olbermann said that the ad ‘surely backfired.’

— Greg Braxton

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Greg Braxton

A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

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