Steady Under Pressure
Obama calmly handled this evening's New Hampshire Democratic Debate, which is great considering his newly minted front runner status. Edwards attacked Clinton and aligned himself with Obama's change, riding the "agent of change" against the "status quo" line that both Democrats and Republicans have been cribbing from Obama -- just witness the previous Republican debate and how they sought to cement themselves within Obama's meta-narrative of change and hope .
Obama has drawn even with Clinton in the New Hampshire polls. But that poll, I believe, doesn't reflect the power of Obama's Iowa bounce A Friday poll doesn't have enough time to register the full impact of Obama's Thursday win in Iowa, and Friday isn't the best day for a poll because everybody, including students, are away and out of town.