Clinton v. Obama

In dead-tree TIME this week, Jay and I will have a story on Hillary Clinton’s strategy for dealing with the new challenge she faces from Barack Obama. Meanwhile, I’ll be heading down to South Carolina this morning, so that I can see all the Democratic candidates being put through their paces at tonight’s debate, tomorrow night’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner and–one of the most delightful rituals in presidential politics–the Clyburn Fish Fry in a downtown Columbia parking garage. The best fish fry moment four years ago came when Dick Gephardt attempted the Electric Slide. While it would be difficult to imagine what could top that, there’s always hope…