In examining a lot of Democrat websites it seems that many of them, for some time, have not been too thrilled with Mrs. Clinton as a candidate.
Locally and across the Western slope many Democrats were concerned that her presence as the presidential nominee would draw many Republicans to the polls that might stay home.
Given the un-equal registration advantage of Republicans and the conservative tilt of the independent base in Western Colorado this is never a good thing for a Democrat majority.
The problem with Obama is that things that usually go up quickly many times fall just as fast. I can still look up a number of Time and Newsweek articles from the 2004 election declaring the inevitability of the Howard Dean campaign.
While it is doubtful that something like that would happen to the Obama candidacy there is already growing a restive attitude by some on the far left for a solid agenda -- given the type of campaign that he seems to be running this could be a major problem.
So far, Obama has managed to deflect efforts by Clinton to force positions out of him by calling it just the same old politics. The difference is when the national electorate is making a judgment rather than when a political party is trying to run a beauty contest things can quickly change.
What is maddening to Clinton is a that on the few occasions that Obama has advocated any policy positions they have been expensive, naïve and not well supported by an explanation from the Senator.
Hillary just can't get anyone to pay any attention to her, perhaps not because they're so enthralled with Obama but because they're worried about her.
A good analysis of some of this at Real Clear Politics here.
