I'll be honest, I don't tend to watch these things much any more. Long story why, I'm not even completely sure myself. In any case, I'm watching the commentary on MSNBC. And the view, the consensus, seems to be that Obama had a bad night. And I have to agree. I was a little pained to see it. But he did seem unfocused and slow on his feet. If this was the first time I'd seen him, I wouldn't have had a very good impression.

I've been both fascinated and disappointed that there seems to be this growing consensus that Hillary isn't just the frontrunner but all but has the whole thing locked up. But I doubt Obama did himself a lot of favors this evening. (Howard Fineman said he had a cold or a flu this evening.)