Political Connections - Whose Coalition Is Bigger?

by Ronald Brownstein

Sat. Feb. 9, 2008


After a month of dizzying ebbs and flows, the Democratic presidential race hit stasis this week. The epic contest between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama now looks like a boxing match in which each combatant threw haymakers early (Iowa and South Carolina for Obama, New Hampshire and Nevada for Clinton) in the hope of a quick knockout-but is now adjusting to the likelihood of a 15-round fight that will be decided only on points.

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