What do you get when you combine a controversial preacher and a politician?

Well, if you’re a Republican, then what you get is widespread attention in the national media, guilt by association, etc.

But if you’re a Democrat, not so much.

Update: Speaking of guilt by association, will the MSM hammer Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards for touring parts of South Carolina with none other than prominent Hugo Chavez supporter Danny Glover?

I won’t hold my breath.