FLASHPOINT for Mar 27, 2007

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 | 7:31 a.m.

Thoughts on a presidential candidate invasion: I wasn't at either the Culinary rally or the health care forum (I watched it on LV One), but here's what I picked up: Hillary Clinton was the best prepared of any candidate to address the Culinary and impressed some nonfans. I didn't think she was as good at the forum, but others did. The biggest surprise of the weekend was how poorly prepared Barack Obama was . Who comes to a health care forum without any substantive ideas? Obama has charisma to burn but his lack of preparation was evident. John Edwards did well and Bill Richardson is always glib. But if Obama doesn't put some heft behind his amazing charm, the bloom will be off the rose and the flash will be in the pan.

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