Opinion: Barack Obama’s self-evaluation: Is he right?

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On Monday, before the Democratic political universe remade itself once again, ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ aired an interview with Barack Obama. Asked about the now-legendary ‘3 a.m.’ Hillary Clinton ad, Obama gave the answer he and his campaign quickly had settled on after the spot hit the airwaves late last week -- that voters should focus on a candidate’s judgment, not experience.

Asked what prepared him to make the right calls, he had this to say: ‘I think it’s a matter of temperament. ... In difficult or stressful moments I don’t get rattled.’

Over the next month-and-a-half, as he and Clinton vie for advantage in Pennsylvania, we’ll find out how true that is.

-- Don Frederick