OK, this is now everybody — and I do mean everybody — against Clinton. It makes her look brave for just standing there, this small determined woman being attacked by three men on either side of her, two male moderators, and the entire male Republican field. Each of the critics on his own would be more effective, but taken as whole, the optics of this are uncomfortable.
Obama, to his credit, is trying to make the pivot to talking about the G.O.P., too, but he’s even less inspiring on the offensive than when he tries on the stump to talk about something other than himself. Edwards is just more polished on the attack — the difference between a law professor and a trial lawyer.
–Garance Franke-Ruta
