It’s going to be bait and switch for as far as the eye can see. That’s how it looks now that the smoke has cleared after the recent “Mommy War” skirmish over Democratic operative Hilary Rosen’s comment that mother of five Ann Romney had “never worked a day in her life.”

We got mixed signals from a turbulent political week. Barack Obama seems to be enjoying an uptick in polls, moving toward 50 percent approval. But his weakness was apparent in his State of the Union address: issues. 

This issue of Political Report covers the Democratic contest, economic concerns, Catholicism, and more.

Barack Obama's campaign is wounded from the fallout of the Jeremiah Wright kerfuffle.

Jeremiah Wright does not speak for mainstream black churches--and he has done them a gross disservice by claiming to do so.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is full of hateful, anti-American rhetoric, but his views are clearly not those of theIllinois senator.

Barack Obama is appealing to younger voters while embracing his radical preacher at the same time.

Barack Obama is in danger of causing his campaign as much damage as the furlough ads caused Michael Dukakis and the Swift Boat ads caused John Kerry.