Democratic Race Tightening?

Right on the heels of an Iowa poll showing Obama with a small lead over Hillary, we have a new poll from New Hampshire showing a shrinking Hillary margin and a small surge by Richardson.

Could the Democratic race be tightening up? Probably. The guy who seems to be doing well is Obama, who is probably benefitting from Edwards' increased (and increasingly desperate) attacks on Hillary. (Despite Richardson's seeming surge in NH, we don't see him making much real progress.)

This is to be expected. The question is whether it will get down to a real race between Hillary and Obama, or whether as other candidates drop by the wayside, Hillary picks up enough of their support to clinch the nomination without too much trouble.

We can also see now that with the Iowa caucuses on January 3, there'll be no blogging let-up for us political junkies over the traditional holiday lull at the end of December. That, we think, is good. However, we may be taking the next few days off for a turkey break.

Have a terrific Thanksgiving.