Is Obama's honeymoon over?

Conservatives have started "training their fire" on Barack Obama as he takes a shot at clinching the Democratic presidential nomination in this week's primaries, said Howard Kurtz in The Washington Post. The press, which has "gone easy&#034

What happened

Hillary Clinton stepped up her attacks on Barack Obama’s experience ahead of Tuesday’s crucial primaries, which include delegate-rich Ohio and Texas. Clinton, whose campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination could hinge on the results, said she is "tested" and "ready," but Obama isn’t. Obama said his positions on foreign policy issues, including his opposition to the Iraq war, showed that he had better judgment than Clinton. "I think the question is, how do you know any president is ready?" Obama said. (ABC News)

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