There are many scandals tied up in this upcoming presidential election. One involving Sen. Barrack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright earlier this year criticized the United States for bringing terrorist attack to this country because of their own “terrorism.” According to Brian Ross and Rehab El-Buri of , there have been multiple accounts of Wright criticizing his country of citizenship (http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4443788). According to Ross and El-Buri, following the September 11 terrorist attacks Wright said in a sermon, "We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye."
Obama has said that he does not always agree with what Wright has to say. He states that it sounds as though Wright is simply trying to incite controversy. Sen. Obama says he does respect Wright's "social gospels" and views towards Africa.
Another scandal has occurred in recently involving Sen. John McCain's running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin. Controversy arose when former Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan claimed he was fired by Palin after he refused to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law and State Trooper, Mark Wooten. According to Monegan, there was a family matter involving the Palins and Wooten that could not be resolved and thus, Palin requested Monegan to dismiss Wooten from duty. Rhonda Schwartz and Justin Rood from http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4443788 report that it was Monegan's poor performance that was ground for his firing.
Both of these "scandals" could spur voters to sway one way or another. Controversy still surrounds both situations, but only time will tell if the scandals affect one political icon more than the other.
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