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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.

Discussion: Power Line, MSNBC, michellemalkin.com, Scared Monkeys, MyDD, Donklephant, The Caucus, Associated Press and Gateway Pundit

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 …

Discussion: MoJoBlog, Open Left, Daily Kos, MSNBC, TPM Election Central and Spin Cycle

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 …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Political Radar and Spin Cycle

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.

Discussion: The Trail, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Reaction, Wonkette, MyDD, The Caucus, QandO, The Strata-Sphere and Donklephant

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.

Discussion: You Decide 08!, Marc Ambinder, Matthew Yglesias, MSNBC and Pandagon

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.

Discussion: The Reaction, The American Scene and politburo diktat 2.0

Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:

Large Turnout Among Blacks, Women in S.C. — Two Heavily Courted Groups Turnout in Large Numbers for State's Democratic Primary — Two groups that have been heavily courted in the run-up to today's South Carolina Democratic primary — women and African-Americans — turned out in large numbers today.

Discussion: TIME

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.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Election Central, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, TigerHawk, Horses Mouth, MSNBC, JustOneMinute, Brendan Nyhan, The Mahablog, Prairie Weather, Norwegianity and Heading Right

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 …

Discussion: You Decide 08! and Patterico's Pontifications

Mark Halperin / The Page:

Clinton Camp Memo on South Carolina, Florida, Feb. 5 States — To: Interested Parties — From: Howard Wolfson, Communications Director Re: South Carolina, Florida, and February 5 — The Obama campaign has been so confident of winning South Carolina that six months ago they flatly predicted victory in the Palmetto State.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, TIME: Swampland, Spin Cycle, The Strata-Sphere, Slog, Political Machine and Associated Press

Rick Klein / Political Radar:

Live-Blogging S.C. Democratic Primary Results by Rick Klein — 8:07 pm: The latest take from ABC polling director Gary Langer: “A vast wave of support from African-Americans lifted Barack Obama to victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary. But his showing among white voters suggests …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Strata-Sphere, Reason Magazine and AMERICAblog

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

Discussion: TownHall Blog, Donklephant and MyDD

Krooney / The Page:
HOW HE DID IT — PER THE NETWORK/AP EARLY EXIT POLL RESULTS:

Discussion: Firedoglake and Hotline On Call

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

Discussion: JustOneMinute

Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Polls: Obama Solidifies Lead as Election …

Discussion: Commentary, Washington Wire, Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, Taegan Goddard's …, Pajamas Media, Scared Monkeys, The Politico, A Blog For All, SurveyUSA, The Moderate Voice, Wake up America, Sister Toldjah, MyDD, Reuters and Pollster.com

John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama leads in South Carolina; McCain up in Florida: poll

Discussion: Political Machine

CNN:
Obama wins South Carolina primary, CNN projects

Discussion: New York Times and the talking dog

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Big Night in S.C.

Discussion: Firedoglake and New York Times

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:

McCain: Romney Favored Iraq Withdrawal — SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — John McCain accused Mitt Romney of wanting to withdraw troops from Iraq, drawing immediate protest from his Republican presidential rival who said: “That's simply wrong and it's dishonest, and he should apologize.”

Discussion: Hot Air, TownHall Blog, Political Machine, American Power, Jonathan Martin's Blogs and Riehl World View

Michael Scherer / TIME: Swampland:
McCain's Conversation Changer: A Misleading Low Blow

Discussion: The Corner

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 …

Discussion: TalkLeft and Middle Earth Journal

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 …

Discussion: The Politico, Ben Smith's Blogs, DownWithTyranny!, Hot Air and Prairie Weather