A Preview of the General Election

Obama supporters are going to need to do better than this guy from Texas if they want to make the case that their guy is presidential material. Texas State Senator Kirk Watson seemed a little stumped when asked a pretty simple question by MSNBC's Chris Matthews:

MSNBC's Chris Matthews: "You are a big Barack supporter, right, Senator?"
State Sen. Watson: "I am. Yes, I am."

Matthews: "Well, name some of his legislative accomplishments. No, Senator, I want you to name some of Barack Obama's legislative accomplishments tonight if you can."

State Sen. Watson: "Well, you know, what I will talk about is more about what he is offering the American people right now."

Matthews: "No. No. What has he accomplished, sir? You say you support him. Sir, you have to give me his accomplishments. You've supported him for president. You are on national television. Name his legislative accomplishments, Barack Obama, sir."

State Sen. Watson: "Well, I'm not going to be able to name you specific items of legislative accomplishments."

Matthews: "Can you name any? Can you name anything he's accomplished as a Congressman?"

State Sen. Watson: "No, I'm not going to be able to do that tonight."

Matthews: "Well, that is a problem isn't it?"

Captain Ed has the video - it's not pretty. If Obama manages to beat Clinton with the force of his charisma and the lack of hers, he may be in for a much tougher battle against a more substantive candidate and a press that decides to get feisty.