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.

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.

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  —  Exit poll results from the AP.  —  Watch MSNBC announce exit poll results above.

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 …

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.

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 …

Bill's Advance Spin  —  In a simple phrase: “Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice".  Listen to it yourself.  I'm not making that up.  —  I don't think there can be any doubt about the Clintons' racial strategy now.  The people of South Carolina just rejected that logic by voting for Obama …

South Carolina Results: Obama Wins Huge  —  Results can be found at the South Carolina Democratic Party website, and at CNN.  —  99% Reporting (projected pledged delegates in parenthesis)  —  Obama: 55%, 295,091, (25)  —  Clinton 27%, 141,128, (12)  —  Edwrds: 18%, 93,552, (8)