Is Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers a legitimate concern?

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John Hawkins

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is a legitimate concern.

Associating with a terrorist like Ayers says a lot about Obama's character. None of it good.
10/10/2009 2:40:09 PM

Jack Welch

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

"We don't care about his old friends...we don't care about Bill Ayers."
11/13/2008 9:52:55 AM

Hugh Hewitt

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is a legitimate concern.

Obama's close friends, mentors and associates are deeply troubling
11/4/2008 4:33:19 PM

Curt Schilling

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

I don’t for a second think the links to Bill Ayers...makes Barack Obama a terrorist
11/4/2008 3:37:25 PM

Rachel Marsden

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is a legitimate concern.

"one only has to imagine how the public might react if we found out that John McCain was palling around with a former Nazi war criminal"
11/4/2008 3:35:05 PM

David Brooks

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

That’s why this William Ayers business doesn’t stick. He may be liberal, but he is never wild.
11/4/2008 3:32:02 PM

Wall Street Journal

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is a legitimate concern.

relationship with Bill Ayers emains ambiguous or contradictory
11/4/2008 2:55:01 PM

Eric Zorn

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

Not only is there no fire in this "issue" that the McCain camp is riding, there's not even any smoke
10/27/2008 4:23:33 PM

Phyllis Schlafly

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is a legitimate concern.

"We should hear more about Obama's political friend William Ayers"
10/27/2008 4:13:51 PM

Hendrik Hertzberg

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

Ayers and Obama are not now, nor have they ever been, pals.
10/27/2008 4:13:00 PM

Ana Marie Cox

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

"if Ayers is the best example they can come up with, then I'm afraid I'm not that ... afraid"
10/27/2008 4:00:13 PM

Michelle Malkin

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is a legitimate concern.

Obama’s friend is America’s enemy.
10/27/2008 3:26:47 PM

Matthew Yglesias

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

...wrongheaded and dangerous.
10/27/2008 2:37:59 PM

Colin Powell

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is not a legitimate concern.

Inappropriate....goes too far.
10/27/2008 2:23:04 PM

John McCain

Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers is a legitimate concern.

"I think he's probably ensured it will come up this time."
10/16/2008 11:08:29 AM