The personal attacks between the Clinton and Obama campaigns have now moved from drugs to race. I want to bring it back specifically to drugs. Everyone forgets that when he was in his 20s, Obama became a born-again Christian and moved away from his substance abusing past. Can you think of another American political leader who was also a druggie but then was born again? Didn't he attain general election success?
So I can't see why any campaign, Republican or Democratic, would think Obama's past drug use would be a winning issue for them. As we proved when we elected Bush, the American people love narratives of personal redemption. Much like Bush and alcohol, the story of Obama and drugs is such a narrative. And if the experience of the last two presidential elections means anything, it's more likely to resonate with voters rather than turn them off.
