Is there still a lot in Camelot? As of 10 p.m. tonight I am not so sure. A week ago everyone, including this reporter, thought that Sen. Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama was not only a moving, memorable moment, but a potential turning point in the campaign. This evening that is unclear. Indeed, if it was a turning point, it may have been in the wrong direction.

For one thing, Obama’s theme was change--and being embraced by Ted Kennedy may have conflicted with that essential message. Kennedy has been in the U.S. Senate since 1962! That is roughly as long as Obama has been alive.

When Teddy signed on, the Obama campaign asked him to see if he couldn’t reel in New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. He tried, making several calls to Richardson. It didn’t work. Richardson did not endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, but he did invite husband Bill to watch the Super Bowl with him.

The Obama campaign hoped that the endorsements of Sen. Kennedy and JFK’s daughter Caroline would help him cut into Hillary's lead among Hispanics. (Other members of the family went with Clinton, including Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Rep. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.) The Kennedy name helped, but, according to the exit polls, not enough. In California, for example, Hillary won 63 percent of the Latino vote, compared with 34 percent for Obama.

For Obama that was progress, but not the kind that Obama made tonight with other demographic groups.