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Analysis: Big Obama win could spell trouble for Clinton
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jan 27, 2008 02:12am |
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| News Date | Sunday, January 27, 2008 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Exit polls, voting patterns and early returns in South Carolina’s Democratic primary not only show that Sen. Barack Obama is winning the state in a landslide, but the results could also spell trouble for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) as the race moves toward the crucial Feb. 5 contests.
The South Carolina results, which mirror those of the Michigan primary among black voters, indicate that Clinton is running with a detrimental deficit among that core Democratic constituency. African-American voters were believed to be a strength for the wife of a president once referred to by the poet Toni Morrison as “the first black president.”
What was clear, despite the candidates’ efforts to downplay it, is that race was very much a factor in the Saturday night vote.
Obama’s overwhelming victory -- with exit polls showing that 81 percent of black voters went his way -- is a huge boon heading into Super Tuesday as the Illinois senator again proved to reluctant, if not skeptical, voters that he can stand toe to toe with more experienced, battle-hardened politicians and go the distance.
By winning the first-in-the-South primary, Obama proved two things: First, he has successfully made his case with black voters and he has also shown that he can take on one of the most successful political teams of all time and win.
For Clinton, the results must be troubling – at best.
The South Carolina exit polls show for the second time this year that Clinton is having trouble connecting to black voters. In the Michigan primary, late results showed Clinton losing to “uncommitted” in predominantly black Detroit by a heavy margin, according to Michigan sources.
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