GÇó Sen. Clinton opened too weak. The start of the debate had the biggest audience, and she failed to make up any ground.GÇó Midway through, she got angry -- visibly, audibly angry -- and that made a bad impression.
GÇó She got stronger toward the end of the debate, but by then many voters had tuned out.
GÇó There wasn't much she could have done to help herself, anyway. Sen. Obama is simply too deft at deflecting her attacks.
Those are the words of editorial director Brent Larkin of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This link will take you to a page where you can listen to an MP3 of his analysis of the debate.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, surging among younger voters, has cut Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead among Pennsylvania likely Democratic primary voters to 6 points, 49 - 43 percent, after trailing by 16 points just two weeks ago, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.This compares to a 52 - 36 percent lead for Sen. Clinton February 14.
So much for that "firewall" as well.