memeorandum: Barack Obama Wins South Carolina Primary (Jennifer Parker/ABCNEWS)

8:55 PM ET, January 26, 2008

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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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CNN:

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.

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Los Angeles Times:

Is the right right on the Clintons? — Hillary's campaign tactics are causing some liberals to turn against the couple. — Something strange happened the other day. All these different people — friends, co-workers, relatives, people on a liberal e-mail list I read — kept saying the same thing …

Associated Press:

Early highlights from South Carolina Democratic exit poll — 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 — Given three choices …

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CBS News:

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 …

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Mark Murray / MSNBC:

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.

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

THE PROBLEM WITH BILL 2.0 — I've been trying for several days now to sort out my reactions to the increasingly bitter turn of the Democratic nomination race. So let share with you my thoughts about where we are. — As I told you at the time, I thought most of the charges that the Clintons …

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John O'Connor / The State:

Signs pointing to record turnout — If voters surge, party could share winner's momentum — Good weather and an attractive slate of candidates have South Carolina Democrats expecting record turnout for today's presidential primary, continuing a trend seen in other early-voting states.

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Krooney / The Page:

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% … ABC News: Preliminary exit poll results indicate …

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Jennifer Parker / ABCNEWS:

Barack Obama Wins South Carolina Primary — Record African-American Turnout Carries Sen. Barack Obama to Victory in S.C. — Sen. Barack Obama, vying to become the nation's first black president, has won the South Carolina primary today, ABC News projects, boosted by record turnout …

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Bob Herbert / New York Times:

Questions for the Clintons — Charleston, S.C. — Joseph P. Riley Jr. has been mayor of this historic and often tense city since the mid-1970s. He's a Democrat, highly respected and has worked diligently to heal racial wounds that have festered in some cases for hundreds of years.

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS — Here's Bill Clinton this afternoon …

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Rick Klein / Political Radar:
Live-Blogging S.C. Democratic Primary Results by Rick Klein

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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Clinton Camp Memo on South Carolina, Florida, Feb. 5 States

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, TIME: Swampland, Spin Cycle, Slog, Political Machine, Associated Press and Taegan Goddard's …

Gary Langer / ABCNEWS: Large Turnout Among Blacks, Women in S.C.

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Spinning South Carolina, II

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Garry Wills / New York Times:
Two Presidents Are Worse Than One — SENATOR Hillary Clinton …

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New York Times:
Obama Wins South Carolina Primary

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Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
It's no-win for Barack

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CNN:
Obama wins South Carolina primary, CNN projects

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Michael Scherer / TIME: Swampland:

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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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
McCain: Romney favored Iraq withdrawal

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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

Surge in Early Balloting Shifts Florida Races — BOCA RATON, Fla. — A surge of early voting by Florida Democrats and Republicans has startled officials here and injected additional complexity into the state's presidential primaries on Tuesday. — Democratic candidates are not overtly campaigning …

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CBS News:

“Clean” Movie Maven Arrested For Teen Sex — Utah Man Who Sold R-Rated Films Shorn Of Skin Arrested For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girls — (CBS) A Utah retailer of family-friendly tapes and DVDs - Hollywood films with the “dirty parts” cut out of them - has been arrested for trading sex with two 14-year-old girls.

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