Obama and Pattern Recognition

Pollster.com

Over at TPM, Eric Kleefeld reports on the Gallup Poll released just today.

The new Gallup poll shows the national Democratic race might be really tightening — Hillary's lead is down to the single digits. Here are the numbers, compared to their last poll from two days ago:

Clinton 42% (-2)
Obama 36% (+3)
Edwards 12% (-2)

Only a week ago, Hillary was up by 16 points.

We'll find out soon enough what the impact of Edwards' withdrawal will be, and also where the remaining undecideds will end up.

So the pattern is clear. But is there enough time in our "front-loaded" primary free for all?