Presidential Race :Clinton versus Obama

Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates .

"The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders," Obama said at a boisterous victory rally, "It's not about rich versus poor, young versus old and it's not about black versus white,
It's about the past versus the future.

The audience chanted "Race doesn't matter" as it awaited Obama to make his appearance after rolling up 55 percent of the vote in a three-way race, But it did, in a primary that shattered turnout records
About half the voters were black, according to polling place interviews, and four out of five of them supported Obama.

Obama, the first-term Illinois senator, got about a quarter of the white vote while Clinton and former Sen Clinton flew to Nashville as the polls closed, and looked ahead,The victory was Obama's first since he won the kickoff Iowa caucuses on Jan.

Clinton, a New York senator and former first lady, scored an upset in the New Hampshire primary a few days later, They split the Nevada caucuses, she winning the turnout race, he gaining a one-delegate margin, In an historic race, she hopes to become the first woman to occupy the White House, and Obama is the strongest black contender in history.

The South Carolina primary marked the end of the first phase of the campaign for the Democratic nomination, a series of single-state contests that winnowed the field, conferred co-front-runner status on Clinton and Obama but had relatively few delegates at stake.

That all changes in 10 days' time, when New York, Illinois and California are among the 15 states holding primaries in a virtual nationwide primary, Another seven states and American Samoa will hold Democratic caucuses on the same day, Obama took a thinly veiled swipe at Clinton in his remarks.

"We are up against conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House, But we know that real leadership is about candor, and judgment, and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose -- a higher purpose," Obama said.

he added that "nearly half the nation will have the chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business-as-usual in Washington, we are hungry for change, and we are ready to believe again.

Nearly complete returns showed Obama winning 55 percent of the vote, Clinton gaining 27 percent
Edwards had 18 percent and won only his home county of Oconee. Obama also gained 25 convention delegates, Clinton won 12 and Edwards eight, Obama also gained an endorsement from Caroline Kennedy, who likened the Illinois senator to her late father, President John F,
"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them," she wrote on The New York Times op-ed page,
"But for the first time, I believe I have found a man who could be that president -- and not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.

Bill Clinton:
"They are getting votes, to be sure, because of their race or gender
That's why people tell me Hillary doesn't have a chance of winning here," the former president said at one stop as he campaigned for his wife, strongly suggesting that blacks would not support a white alternative to Obama, Clinton campaign strategists denied any intentional effort to stir the racial debate
But they said they believe the fallout has had the effect of branding Obama as "the black candidate," a tag that could hurt him outside the South.


Nearly six in 10 voters said the former president's efforts for his wife was important to their choice, and among them, slightly more favored Obama than the former first lady, Overall, Obama defeated Clinton among both men and women. The exit polls showed the economy was the most important issue in the race, And only one in five said it was the war in Iraq, underscoring the extent to which the once-dominant issue has faded in the face of financial concerns.

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