Maybe so. If you believe Shailagh Murray, and that's a very big if, that's the message of the Des Moines Register poll:

With two days before Iowans go to the polls, significant support for Sen. Barack Obama from political independents has put rival Democratic campaigns on edge, challenging the traditional model of the state's caucuses as a low-turnout exercise dominated by partisan insiders.

(I love Shailagh's spin on this; she could have said "Democratic voters," but no: "Partisan insiders." I mean, 125,000 voters is rather a lot of "insiders," wouldn't you say?)

But if this is correct, Obama's rightward slide is part of it:

How odd. Or not. Here's the coverage:

Shailagh Murray's vapid, snarky, Inside Baseball commentary is the best WaPo can do. A fucking blog entry, at 6PM yesterday.

Only a courtier from the Village could turn defending the Constitution into "making a play." Jeebus, they suck.