How is it possible for something so simple to be so complicated for people to understand? This isn't about Obama using a ghostwriter.
That would be true if we elected him to a life long term. But, as it is, he only has a few years until the next election. So it is very valid to consider these things now. And your statement is just wrong.
Is it valid when you hire someone to repeatedly look at their past performance and/or associations once they have taken the job and are working? Not really. What matters is job performance once they get hired. People generally are not hired for a lifelong term, that is an exception... No one cares what was done in the past, what matters is the present and the future...
Exactly right but some can't understand it. Jeremia Wright and Ayers are irrelevant now unless you are an imbecile. Just as nobody cares about your middle school grades when you apply to college and your high school grades when you apply to grad school, you should not care about ayers and wright when thinking about Obama for 2012. His decisions count not his past.