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Politico.com already had Barack Obama winning South Carolina with less than 5 percent of the precincts reporting Saturday. The victory was huge and by significant double digits. Illinois Sen. Barack Obama scored an overwhelming victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday, giving his historic campaign new momentum as the delegate-rich Super Tuesday states loom on Feb. 5, Politico.com reported.
Exit polls showed
about half of those
who voted said
Clinton’s campaign
tactics were very
important to their
choice — and many
will read the size
of Obama's victory
as a direct
repudiation to the
former president. The victory comes on the heels of an impassioned speech by his wife, Michelle Obama. "The one thing that is clear is that when power is confronted with real change, they will say anything," she said.
She also told nearly
100 local women at
The Lazy Goat that
when it comes to the
difficulties they
face balancing work
and family, her
husband is "one of
the few people who
gets it," in part
because of her own
dilemmas as a
"regular person." "So let me tell you, when people talk about Barack's voting record in the state Senate, they will not talk to you about that because that would be too much information for you, wouldn't it?" she said. "It's much easier to focus on a few "present" votes," instead of his work for "regular people" that "no other front-runner in this race can claim at all." Hillary Clinton had been just slightly better than an even favorite verses Barack Obama's 3/1 odds at Sportsbook.com. Odds were to be updated after the South Carolina Primary results came in. Get All The Latest Political Betting News From Gambling911.com Here --- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Originally published January 26, 2008 7:59 pm EST
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Obama
Wins South Carolina