* Barak Obama (averaging just under 22% in the Real Clear Politics
polling index) and John Edwards (about 13% in the RCP index) took
out after Hillary Clinton (46% in the index) but it may be after
11 months of campaigning attacks on Hillary have the same effect
on voters as a tree falling in a forest where no one ever goes.
* If either Edwards or Obama had any credibility left, they would be
challenging Clinton for answers like this one on a recent vote on
Iran:
* "In my view, rushing to war we should not be doing that but we
shouldn't be doing nothing. And that means we should not let them
acquire nuclear weapons, and the best way to prevent that is a
full court press on the diplomatic front."
* Uh. Yeah. What she said.
When the cable affiliates of NBC hosted the Republican debate in
Dearborn, Michigan a month ago they ran Chris Matthews in to do the
questioning. Last night, the Dems got Tim Russert.
You think there's no bias?
* Hillary is very close to building an insurmountable lead on the
Democratic side, which is good news to Republicans. As Sen. Chris
Dodd pointed out during the debate, "Fifty percent of the American
public say they're not going to vote for her."
* Watch for the Democratic primary to get very nasty, very quickly.
* Obama, Edwards, Richardson and the rest are running out of time to
stop Hillary Clinton from getting the nomination. They can't
afford to talk about themselves; they have to talk about her and
when they do, they will have to say appalling things about her.
* Seismic, almost.