Tick-tock Barack

Time's running low for Obama:

Sen. Barack Obama has two opponents: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the clock, which is rapidly running down.

With three days to go before Super Tuesday, when roughly half the delegates in the Democratic presidential contest will be awarded, Obama is racing around the country, still trying to introduce himself to voters, speed-dating style.

According to the Real Clear Politics composite polls, Obama is ahead of Hillary in just Georgia and Illinois; Clinton holds double-digit leads in a lot of critical states such as New York and bellwether state Missouri. The polls this year have been particularly volatile, so who knows what might happen? Well, one thing is that clear is that McCain will likely sew up the GOP nomination Tuesday: Romney leads nowhere outside of the People's Republic of Massachusetts.

Extra - The counter-argument "Why the clock may favor Obama": "But, increasingly, I think a drawn-out fight favors Obama. Not only is he raising money at a phenomenal clip ($32 milion in one frickin' month!), but Clinton-fatigue is starting to take its toll. (Such is the nature of "fatigue" that it only gets worse over time.) Conversely, people seem to like Obama more the more they see him."