Obama Wins Big in South Carolina
26 January 2008 4:45 pm by Taylor Marsh
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Numbers are still coming in, but Barack Obama won big:
In a race that has increasingly become a delegate war leading up to the Super-Duper
Feb.5 primaries and caucuses, 45 delegates are up for grabs in the state.A win tonight gives Obama a boost, and some much needed momentum before Tuesday’s
Florida primary and before voters in more than 20 states have their say Feb.
5. … ..Barack
Obama Wins South Carolina Primary
Large African-American Turnout Carries Sen. Barack Obama to Victory in S.C.
Clinton may get between 12-14 delegates out of it. Not known where Edwards will
come out on that score.
Barack Obama won the African American vote 80-18 over Clinton; in Nevada he got even more, by the way.
Lynn Sweet offers a teaser of that big endorsement coming:
And that big endorsement I hear is coming….the two biggest out there are Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) and former Vice President Al Gore.
UPDATE: That endorsement is Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, J.F.K.’s daughter. Interesting she drops her married name for this op-ed endorsement.
