Obama runs away with SC primary  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. - Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially-charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.

TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS  —  Here's Bill Clinton this afternoon discounting Barack Obama's expected victory in South Carolina by explaining that Jesse Jackson won the state twice ...

Exit polls: Bill Clinton's effect  —  (CNN) — Bill Clinton's aggressive campaigning in South Carolina in the days leading up to the state's primary may have had a net negative effect among South Carolina's Democratic primary voters, CNN exit polls indicate.

Early SC Exit Poll Highlights  —  By The Associated Press - 2 hours ago  —  Some highlights of preliminary data from exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks in the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday:  —  ___  —  IT'S THE ECONOMY, AGAIN

HOW HE DID IT  —  Per the network/AP early exit poll results:  —  African-Americans: Obama 81%, Clinton 17%, Edwards 1%  —  African-American women: Obama 82%, Clinton 17%, Edwards 0%  —  Whites: Edwards 39%, Clinton 36%, Obama 24% … Read more here.  Watch MSNBC announce exit poll results above.

BILL: ‘MY MESSAGE’ 99.9% POSITIVE  —  From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli  —  COLUMBIA, SC — At the end of a week in which he's often been the center of attention, former president Bill Clinton struck a conciliatory note, admitting that he has gotten “hot” defending his wife even as he defended his campaign role.

Barack Obama Wins South Carolina Primary  —  CBS News Projects That Obama Has Defeated Clinton And Edwards In Prelude To Super Tuesday  —  (CBS/AP) CBS News estimates that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama will win the South Carolina Democratic primary.  —  Obama reached out for victory …

Obama Will Over-Perform Among Black Voters—Trust Me  —  Mark Blumenthal picks up on something interesting in the South Carolina polls: … Then, while discussing the Bradley Effect—in which some white voters tell pollsters they're going to vote for a black candidate but don't—he offers the following explanation:

Bill Clinton As Victim: Says His Message is “99.99″ Percent Positive  —  If you say something often enough ("It's a brand new pre-owned car!"  “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction!"  “Why, honey, that dress doesn't make you look fat!") you might get others — and perhaps yourself — to believe it.

Live-Blogging S.C. Democratic Primary Results by Rick Klein  —  9:38 pm: Edwards can talk about how all these states haven't voted yet, but he — even more than Clinton or Obama — based his campaign on a four-state strategy, focusing on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.