South Carolina Primary

Obama Better be Ruthless

Diane Francis | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


Diane Francis

When dealing with such a totally ruthless opponent, kicking and biting and scratching and whatever else is necessary must be deployed.

Sam Stein

Once Smears, McCain's Daughter, POW Service Now Lauded By Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


George Bush received a standing ovation by the crowd at the Republican Convention on Tuesday, in an address that said as much about the evolution of t...

Extended Primary Season Could Be A Boon To the Democrats

Gene Koo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Gene Koo

Many Democratic party loyalists fret that an ongoing battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will tear party unity and delay vital fundraising. But there are upsides to an extended nominating contest.

Max Follmer

Flatlining To Frontrunner: A Media Retrospective On McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John McCain's re-emergence to lead the GOP presidential field following back-to-back primary victories in South Carolina and Florida has brought the n...

Obama's Stump Lines Echo Malcolm X

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Carrie Budoff Brown noticed a rather off-message echo in Obama's stump speech last week, and writes that Obama added to his stump speech in South Caro...

Bill Clinton Effect? Obama Won Majority Of SC Voters Who Decided At The Last Minute

Rasmussen Reports | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama won South Carolina's Democratic Presidential Primary by an overwhelming margin on Saturday. As expected, Obama won overwhelming among Af...

Clinton Shrugs Off SC Loss: "It's A Step By Step Process"

McClatchy Newspapers | Matt Stearns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Hillary Rodham Clinton remained unbowed Sunday following her landslide loss to Barack Obama in the South Carolina primary, dismissing any notion of Ob...

Big Dawg Clinton: Use 'em or Lose 'em?

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Marc Cooper

After Saturday's whuppin' in South Carolina, will the Hillary campaign finally snap the muzzle down on Bill? Or has Big Dawg strayed completely out of control?

Thomas B. Edsall

This Now Becomes A Real Delegate Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's landslide 28-point win in South Carolina - 55.4 percent to Hillary Clinton's 26.5 percent and John Edwards' 17.6 percent - establishes ...

Supporters Respond to Obama's Message of Unity and Change

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Kelly Nuxoll

COLUMBIA, SC--It wasn't just Obama talking about unity and change tonight. Supporters that filled the Columbia convention center--as well those who w...

Obama Won More Votes Than McCain And Huckabee Combined

The Daily Dish | Andrew Sullivan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


That's a staggering fact, as a reader reminds me: In last week's SC GOP primary, McCain and Huckabee (the top 2 finishers), got 147,283 and 132,4...

Sam Stein

Clyburn: Voters "Recoiled" From Use Of Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Speaking after Sen. Barack Obama's victory in South Carolina, Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., all but credited the wide-margin of victory to a backlash ...

South Carolina A Rout For Obama

AP | DAVID ESPO and CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign mo...

Could Edwards Beat McCain? The Polls Won't Tell Us

Leslie Savan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Leslie Savan

If I didn't know better, I'd say that by cutting off the race's possibly strongest Democrat--first from media coverage and now from polls--the corporate media could be misleading us toward another Republican administration.

Obama Wins in SC, Regaining Momentum

AP | DAVID ESPO and CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign mo...

Thomas B. Edsall

Obama's South Carolina Test: How Many White Votes Will He Get?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The crucial number in Barack Obama's expected victory in the South Carolina primary today will be the percentage of white voters who cast ballots for ...

Candidates Gear Up For South Carolina Primary

New York Times | Julie Bosman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


As Democrats headed on Friday toward the finish line of their first primary in the South, the candidates spent the day trying to widen their appeal to...

South Carolina Primary Preview: Edwards Threatening Clinton For Second

The State | RODDIE A. BURRIS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Watch John Edwards. With only a day left before Saturday's S.C. Democratic presidential primary, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina and S.C....

Florida Dems Expect Record Turnout Despite Loss of Delegates

The Post and Courier | Robert Behre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


South Carolina Democrats have long felt confident that more than 300,000 voters will go to the polls Saturday, breaking their record turnout of 290,43...

Obama Warns SC Voters Of "Hoodwinking," "Bamboozling," And "Okey Doke"

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., warned a Sumter, South Carolina crowd against the "hoodwinking," "bamboozling" and "okey doke" by people in other campaigns...

Clinton SC Ad Stretches Obama's Reagan Comments

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In this negative spot sent to reporters by the Obama campaign, Clinton continues to take Obama's line that Republicans were the "party of ideas" to su...

Video Shows ABC Distorted Obama's "Testy Exchange" With Reporter

Horse's Mouth | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Okay, this is really a bad one. Late yesterday, ABC News posted a story called: "Is Bill Clinton getting in Obama's head?" The piece reported that Ob...

Obama Endorsed By Largest Paper In South Carolina

The State | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Democratic primary in South Carolina this year offers voters an unusual choice. Earlier votes have winnowed out the most experienced candidates, l...

Obama Announces "Truth Squad" To Counter Clintons

MSNBC News | Domenico Montanaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Obama campaign held a conference call to announce the South Carolina Truth Squad "to respond forcefully" to "the incredible distortions that are c...

Clyburn To Bill Clinton: "Chill" On Obama

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The bitter back-and-forth between former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama has led a prominent black lawmaker to tell the former president ...