Election reactions

Glenn Reynolds: Obama has lost his magic.

The truth is, Obama wasn’t ready to be president when he ran in 2008. When he started, he probably thought he had no real chance — he himself admitted upon entering the Senate that he wasn’t qualified to be president — and that his first run would simply be a PR effort that would lift him to the top ranks of Senate Democrats.

Betsy's Page: "Toto, I don't think we're in 2008 anymore."