Debate win for Obama. Not overwhelmingly so but he came across confident and presidental without sharing in Clinton's early debate gaffes. He knew his policies (hell, *I* could argue either of their health care positions by now), he had answers for the issues and, most importantly, didn't make any mistakes which would cause a large portion of the March 4th electorate to say "Oh, hell no".
So while it was a mild win on the debate scorecard, more importantly, Clinton did nothing to stop Obama's movement in the polls and gains in popularity. She really needed to block him off as he is now leading in Texas and only behind in Ohio by ~6% (6% per SurveyUSA, 5% per Rass.) when he was 20% behind only two weeks ago. With no more debates, the next week will be rallies and groundpounding and that is where Obama has consistanly excelled over Clinton.
Barring Obama doing something really dumb in the next week, I predict a solid Obama win in Texas and Ohio, wrapping up the first part of the race.
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.