I was watching and reading a lot of the "pre-game" for tonight's debate. Several commentators suggested that Clinton would go after Obama as not being sufficiently prepared to be Commander-in-Chief. My own suspicion was that she would not; she would suggest she was more prepared, but not that he wasn't prepared. Part of my reasoning was to do with the timing of Chris Dodd's endorsement of Obama. I'm not going so far as to say that there was collusion, or some sort of secret plan. However, Dodd was pointed in his comments, stating that while he may have had earlier questions about Obama's readiness, he does not any longer.  It should also be noted that Bill Richardson said this afternoon that he might endorse before the end of the week. I suspect that, had Clinton used that tactic (whether successful or not), we would have  seen the former Democratic Presidential Candidates come out one by one for Obama. Certainly they still may, though at this point I can't see why they wouldn't hold up until after March fourth- why should they- there's a train leaving the station next Tuesday, one way or the other. Endorsing now just creates the risk of losing twice in the same campaign.

Stll, if Clinton goes too negative on the stump the next few days, don't be surprised to see the rest of the democratic presidential candidates throwing their support  elsewhere. One, by painful one.