An e-mail:

What concerns me about Adler’s reasoning is that he thinks the way a majority of Americans think. While admitting that there are things we need to know about Senator Obama, the question at hand is never the one that should be asked, so they move on. The unanswered questions are piling up and it’s likely most will remain answered — at least for now. What should trouble the voters about Obama’s association with radicals and felons is not what he sees in them, but what they see in him. What was it about Barack Obama that attracted the attention of Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko? What caused them to contribute money and influence to advance the political career of an unknown with no connections?