Sen. Obama

Sen. Obama drew an approving nod from Elizabeth Edwards in the audience occasionally during Tuesday’s presidential debate. Obama occasional took soft shots at Clinton on Iraq and her questionable ability to fight for change (his main theme), but never made a decisive impact during the debate. He began many more sentences with, "When I am president" (without the conditional) than he has in past debates, but his own video (all the candidates made them, and they were sprinkled throughout the telecast) hit more Kennedy chords than the live Obama did. His need to meet with world leaders at the “drop of a hat” seemed to perplex many old time politicians. As if he was a little too eager to please.