Obama Pulls Big Victory Out of South Carolina
Barack Obama crushed top rival Hillary Clinton in the South Carolina Democratic primary Saturday, in a victory that could reinvigorate his campaign after suffering back-to-back losses to the New York senator.
Returns showed Clinton leading former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards for second place, but Obama held on to a gaping lead. With 73 percent of precincts reporting, Obama had 54 percent, Clinton had 27 percent and Edwards had 18 percent.
And with race emerging as a key factor in the South Carolina contest, FOX News exit polls showed black voters went for Obama over Clinton by a huge margin of 81 to 17 percent, and 82 percent of black women supported the Illinois senator. Polls showed he had similar support among black voters in last week’s Nevada caucuses, which he lost, but those voters made up about 50 percent of the electorate in South Carolina.
The Palmetto State primary was the last vote for Democrats before Super Tuesday Feb. 5, when 24 states hold primaries and caucuses for both parties. Obama, who won the lead-off Iowa caucuses Jan. 3, was looking for a clear and fresh victory after placing second to Clinton in the New Hampshire primary and in Nevada.
Clinton’s campaign issued a statement just over an hour after polls closed saying she’s congratulated Obama and swiftly shifting gears toward the upcoming contests.
“We now turn our attention to the millions of Americans who will make their voices heard in Florida and the twenty-two states as well as American Samoa who will vote on February 5th,” she said. “In the days ahead, I’ll work to give voice to those who are working harder than ever to be heard. For those who have lost their job or their home or their health care, I will focus on the solutions needed to move this country forward. That’s what this election is about. It’s about our country, our hopes and dreams. Our families and our future.”
Better be re-thinking that future, what with a millions of babies killed every year and all, just saying. Families. She can stand there and say it with a straight face while condoning wholesale murder.
And as far as Florida goes, well now Missy you'd better hope and pray that 81% of Gunshine state blacks and 69% of whites don't think your husband is doing more harm than good. He's the only one with any sort of record after all and pssst...it wasn't a very good one.
But....
At the end of the day, this is quite telling:
"Obama got 24 percent of the white vote, exit polling suggests."
Seems like the South Carolinian whites may not have appreciated Blowjob Willie's interference but they appreciated Obo even less. 24% in other states isn't going to cut it.
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