[lbo-talk] Obama: the black candidate

[Doug Henwood]

[remember that Dick Morris said this was all part of the Clinton  
strategy]

Large Black Turnout Lifts Obama
To Victory in South Carolina

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 an uphill battle in those upcoming primaries  
where black voters may play less of a role.

Blacks accounted for a majority of voters in South Carolina, 55  
percent – the highest turnout among African-Americans in any  
Democratic presidential primary for which data are available. And a  
huge proportion of them, 78 percent, supported Obama, compared with  
19 percent for Hillary Clinton and just 2 percent for John Edwards.

See the latest ABC News exit poll analysis at http://abcnews.go.com/ 
PollingUnit/Vote2008/story?id=4195368&page=1