It looks like the eight straight wins Obama has strung together are going to his head. Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, is starting to sound the "inevitable" trumpets. He's saying Obama's lead and the upcoming calendar are such that Clinton can't catch him. That may be true, but it seems pretty foolish to start saying that when there are a lot of votes left to be counted.
In fact, I think one of the turning points in the race was back in the fall when Clinton started talking as though she was the inevitable candidate. It gave Obama something to rally against, and it helped propel him to a win in Iowa.
Plouffe is making the same mistake. The Obama campaign stumbled in New Hampshire when it got cocky. Its cockiness could be just what derails the current mood of "inevitability."
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