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A President Like My Father — OVER the years, I've been deeply moved by the people who've told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting …
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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 ...
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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.

Bubba: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson — Said Bill Clinton today in Columbia, SC: “Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here." — This was in response to a question about Obama saying it “took two people to beat him.”
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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.
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Thanks a lot, Bill Clinton — This past week Sen. Hillary Clinton left South Carolina to campaign in Feb. 5 voting states. But she left behind her husband, Bill, as her surrogate campaigner and attacker of Sen. Barack Obama. — It's looking tonight, as Obama racks up a huge margin …

Barack Obama's victory speech in South Carolina … Here is the video of Barack's victory speech... If you're inspired by Barack and his vision for change, please help us with a contribution so we can continue to build momentum and take this message of hope across the country, to the February 5th states and beyond.

LOOKING AT THE EXIT POLLS — From MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell and Adam Verdugo — The South Carolina Democratic primary has been a bitter, hard-fought contest with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama taking jabs at each other in Monday's televised debate. In the exit polls …
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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.

We Shall Overcome—the Clintons — That was not only a stirring victory speech by Obama, but a devastating rebuke to the Clintons clothed in inspirational liberal terms. — Obama embraced diversity, the subtext being that Hillary can't win blacks and is depending on keeping him from winning whites …

Early highlights from South Carolina Democratic exit poll
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Barack Obama Wins South Carolina Primary
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Clinton Camp Memo on South Carolina, Florida, Feb. 5 States
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McCain's Conversation Changer: A Misleading Low Blow — McCain wants the Florida primary to be an election about national security, his best issue. But until Saturday, the contest was humming along as an election more about the economy, Mitt Romney's best issue.
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THEIR SPIN — Just off the AP wire ... I guess they're really broken up about it.

RUDY CAMP SHAKEN BY CRIST NEWS — From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger — ORLANDO, FL — Charlie Crist is on the agenda for the Orange County Lincoln Day Dinner, just below Giuliani as the guest of honor. But an endorsement is not on the menu. — Crist did not appear at the dinner …
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Your Vote for Worst Political Pundit — My vote for the worst political pundit on tv, the one who is the least informed, least qualified, most biased — who is such a relic that all his references are to ancient events with no current relevance — is Carl Bernstein on CNN.


Daughter of a Curtain Salesman Attacks Son of a Millworker — Negative recorded phone calls to South Carolina voters from Clinton campaign hit Edwards on personal wealth, trade record. — Listen here, and read transcript. — Edwards campaign cries foul- to read reaction and Clinton follow-up, click here.
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