Jay Ambrose: Second thoughts on first flush of Obama-mania

Published March 18, 2008 4:00am ET



She only met him a short time earlier, there was a whirlwind romance, marriage appeared to be right around the corner, but then, suddenly, some startling information popped up and with it a question: Did she really, truly know this guy and still want to commit herself to him?

It strikes me that something at least roughly analogous to this scenario is playing itself out as previously wowed voters begin to learn more about Barrack Obama. Some must be wondering for perhaps the first time if this freshest face in the presidential race is the catch they had imagined.

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