I think Iowa is instructive because the run-up to Iowa was long, just like the GE.
I believe is was in about October or so, we began to hear: "why isn't Obama taking on Hillary," "he's got to get tough on her," etc. Up until this point, he was mostly giving positive speeches about his vision for America.
Then around November or so, he did start to get tough on Hillary, and it began to drag her numbers down. Toward the end of December, he re-established his positive message. We all know what the results were.
We all need to calm down a bit. He is going to get tough on McCain, it just not time yet (I expect it to happen during and after the convention). You have to offer your own vision before you start tearing down your opponent. McCain is not doing that, he's just attacking. When Obama starts attacking, McCain's numbers will go down and we'll see the gap that we all expect.
It's Chess, not Checkers. Let McCain run his campaign like Grandpa Simpson:
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