UPDATE: I basically agree with what's said below, and think Wolfson gets points for being straight. It feels like what he's saying is they never took Obama seriously. Whenever you see a huge upset, that's mostly the case. My buddy Jelani Cobb explains it this way, "Clinton was Tyson. Obama was Buster Douglass." It's not that Obama was unbeatable. But he came up with a perfect strategy--one that still would have probably failed had the Clinton campain been in top form. Having never thoroughly studied your opposition is like a boxer not adequately training.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/09/wolfson-on-obama/5788/
