After The Freak Show

Matt:

I had thought the Clinton campaign couldn't sink any lower, but thus far she's really just been giving us the full GOP. Listening to her talk about Barack Obama is like reading a Weekly Standard blog post.

Josh Marshall:

Looking around other sites, I guess I'm not the only one that thought this debate was unmitigated travesty. Maybe the embargo on debate rebroadcast was a pro-human rights stand.

Dave Weigel:

I don't think the 40-minute early Obama pile-on was bad for him. I think the following round, where he seemed rattled and reliant on his script, was bad for him.

To believe it's worth junking the Clintons and giving him the nomination, a Democrat needs to think Obama is at least as resilient as Hillary. And he can take the attacks, but he can't get past them.

Taylor Marsh:

The truth is that Gibson and Stephanopolous asked questions that have been on people's minds, but nobody else in the media had the spine to bring up.

Mark Hemingway:

And the winner is...McCain in a landslide!

(Photo: Clinton and ABC News, by Robyn Beck/Getty.)