Obama hit Hillary hard in a state with the kind of blue-collar Democratic constituency that Hillary will need to win convincingly in order to take the important states of Ohio and Texas.
But the real news was that for the first time both Obama and McCain acted like Mrs. Clinton was done for and took very direct shots at each other.
More and more, we should expect the age difference and the policy differences between McCain and Obama to become the subject of future "victory" speeches at these primary events.
It may also signal the change of coverage by the media in that they are beginning to notice the issue differences between the two and the Obamamania begins to look more like a Britney Spears event than a political rally. This will mean more scrutiny of the spouses as well.
Keep an eye on the issues between the two...now we will begin to see past the previous templates of "I was a POW and the media loves me" or "Hope, change, and I give great speeches." Some media types are beginning to see Obama in a different light already.
The fall campaign is getting it's opening shots tonight...
The little Op-Ed that evidently couldn't
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