Politics | Barack Obama Voters Split Over Obama's Pastor Problem Some in Pa., Ind. hold cleric's words against candidate By Kevin Spak Posted Mar 21, 2008 2:12 PM CDT Copied Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., reaches to shake hands at Murads' Sports Bar in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) How is the Jeremiah Wright controversy playing with voters in Pennsylvania and Indiana? The reaction isn't unanimous, but the Boston Globe finds many who say the inflammatory sound bites swayed them toward Hillary Clinton. “Twenty years he put up with that?” said one 82-year old Indiana woman said of Barack Obama. “He was softening me up. He was kind of even with Hillary.” For others, the remarks weren’t a big deal. “I think the pastor just overreacted,” said one voter. “I don’t use that against" Obama. And others say Obama’s ensuing speech on race was a defining moment. “He showed character,” said a 58-year-old black woman from Indiana. “America needs to take its blinders off. The country is still prejudiced.” Read These Next Nutritionists and regulators are rethinking orange juice. She tried to save a chimp from the 'evil clutches of PETA.' You can't just unleash bees on cops without consequences. Ivanka and Jared are making headlines again. Report an error