Can Obama beat the clock?
If Super Tuesday was next Tuesday not this Tuesday then Obama would be in a fantastic position, he is the candidate with the momentum and is gaining rapidly on Hillary in nearly every contest and is now tied with her nationally. But the polls open in 32 hours and the question is can Obama make up enough of the gap in the short time remaining?
Much will turn on who wins the final news cycles of the campaign pushing late-breaking voters into their column. Obama gained a head start with the Maria Shriver endorsement at the Michelle and Oprah rally and a news-grabbing Super Bowl ad. It is unclear what the Obama campaign have, if anything, up their sleeve to drive the news agenda tomorrow. One thing could be huge crowds. But what the Obama camp would really like is the one big endorsement left, Al Gore’s