That was another observation by Larry Sabbato on Fox with Brian Williams, he said many times front runners are that in the eyes of the media and not the public. This is because the Washington "Poobahs" have chosen sides in the race and they seldom coorelate with the people in fly-over country and in the end we have the final say, not the Poohbahs.
Yes ........ nearly no one would have heard of Obama. My, I even saw Old Charlie Rangel call him a "Rock Star" this morning on TV.
The whole deal is a HUGE charade.
And by the way.......... why in the world is the Presidential election of 2008 starting so, so early?
This is more than absurd!