Barak Obama was 18 points down to Hillary in November in New Hampshire, but polling is showing him leading by 10 points and more. Watching the debate on the internet and reading the instant blogging at the same time was a fascinating experience. It’s the first time I’ve had DSL for an election night and it was an interesting way to see an election.

I come to praise Clinton, then bury her

The Illinois senator seems like he’s in a groove these days. Here’s some commentary about his debate response to Hillary’s White House years and it’s an eviscerating yet polite critique of the last Democratic president: XPOSTFACTO

I know JFK and you’re … well, maybe you are

“I find the manner in which they’ve been running their campaign sort of depressing, lately. It was interesting in the debate, Sen. Clinton saying ‘don’t feed the American people false hopes. Get a reality check, you know?’ I mean, you can picture JFK saying, ‘we can’t go to the moon, it’s a false hope. Let’s get a reality check.’ It’s not, sort of, I think, what our tradition has been,” — Barak Obama

Hard bitten soldiers of fortune wept

Sure he’s a gay Republican conservative, but ANDREW SULLIVAN at Atlantic magazine is gaa gaa about Obama and dredges up some campaign hack with tears in his eye. It’s actually interesting when professionals get caught up in the emotion of the moment in a campaign.