Barack Obama in suspended animation

In a black zippered Barack Obama '08 sweatshirt, with the downtown skyline hovering outside his 11th-floor office window, David Axelrod tried to imagine where the presidential campaign might be right now if a persistent foe named Hillary Clinton did not exist. "Obviously, we'd be focused on McCain and the general [election]. And to some extent we've got to be doing that right now," said Axelrod,… » Full Story on Salon.com