Obama Goes After Hillary

Obama is out in force.

In what was billed as a definitional speech by his campaign, Sen. Barack Obama Saturday accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of “vague, calculated answers” in the most recent Democratic presidential debate and vowed that he will “turn the page” in Washington.

“Much has been said about the exchanges between Senator Clinton and myself this week,” Obama said. “Now, understand that Hillary Clinton is a colleague and a friend. She’s also a skilled politician, and she’s run what Washington would call a ‘textbook’ campaign. But the problem is the textbook itself.”

Obama, who was interrupted several times by applause and standing ovations in an auditorium at Converse College in Spartanburg, displayed an energy he sometimes lacks on the stump while playing to the enthusiasm of the audience.

“It’s a textbook that’s all about winning elections, but says nothing about how to bring the country together to solve problems,” Obama said. “As we saw in the debate last week, it encourages vague, calculated answers to suit the politics of the moment, instead of clear, consistent principles about how you would lead America.”

Does Obama stand a chance?  I have always thought that a campaign by such a lightweight would eventually lose support as voters get real, but I’m beginning to doubt.  Or could this be something where Obama takes out Hillary and leaves Edwards standing?