MICHAEL BARONE: The Rules Change for Obama. Now he’s being treated like a candidate, not a prodigy. He’s not pleased with the shift . . . . “The normally poised candidate looked irritated and weary.”

He needs to take the advice of Rocky Balboa: “If you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!”

Sorry, but the whole Baracky thing just put this in mind . . . .

UPDATE: Clinton pulls ahead of Obama in Gallup national poll.