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Was Obama prophetic?
Jonathan Martin's Blog — One of the most memorable debate lines from lo those many Democratic primary debates now may have some added resonance. This was, for those keeping score at home, the Iowa PBS forum in December of '07.

"I Wanna Gather Up Talent From Everywhere"
Talking Points Memo — Special thanks to TPM Reader JY for flagging this old video.

Dept. of prescience
Ben Smith's Blog — "How would you rely on so many Clinton advisers and still deliver the break from the past you're promising voters?" Obama was asked just over a year ago ad the Des Moines Registor debate, to much hilarity, particularly from Hillary Clinton. "Hillary, I look forward to you advising me as well," he responded.

A Glimpse Into the Future
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — President-elect Obama noted at his press conference today that the media likes to "have fun" digging up old quotes from the Democratic primary campaign, but few are as interesting as this exchange from a debate in Iowa.

When Barry Picked Hill
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — A blast from the primary past.

Obama Fulfilling Campaign Promise by Hiring Clinton
Open Left - Front Page — I find the traditional media intolerable for its fake little dramas.  Obama for instance promised a centrist administration that took in points of view from all sides, and he is delivering on that promise.  I didn't like what he said at the time, but I understood he said it.  It is not therefore a betrayal of the left that he is doing exactly what he said he'd do.  The narrative that Obama was an ideologically progressive was nearly always in contradiction to his own statements and political choices, as Chris noted on Hardball last night. ...

Obama to Hillary- I look forward to you advising me
Wizbang — Set the wayback machine to some time before the Iowa caucus. The Dow was over 13,000 at the time. What slipped more, the stock market or gas prices since then?...

Here’s one promise Obama kept
neo-neocon — [Hat tip: Wizbang.]

About That 3 a.m. Call...
The New Republic blogs — During the 2008 primaries an infamous Hillary Clinton ad warned that Barack Obama was unprepared for that hypothetical middle-of-the-night phone call announcing an international crisis and demanding a fast and decisive response. But real life is now demonstrating that national security decision-making is, with rare exceptions, something completely different. Obama's Afghanistan policy deliberations aren't about emergency phone calls and snap decisions. They're about grinding through meeting after meeting after meeting, over the course of weeks (even months, depending on how you want to measure) and reaching a hard decision after weighing vast loads of evidence and opinion. ...