CNN and NBC are Projecting Obama’s Victory in South Carolina. This is not unexpected, but Hillary and Bill's negative attacks seem to have given John Edwards the opportunity to possibly claim second place or at least make Hillary's possible second place finish a hollow victory.
From a momentum perspective, this is bad news for Hillary as she heads to Super Tuesday and a likely migraine. She won Nevada, but just barely and Barack placed very very well. Now Barack is winning South Carolina as expected, but Hillary and Bill played the race card heavily and could have potentially spoiled their inevitability. At a minimum, they have probably spoiled the potential to pick Barack Obama up as a Vice Presidential candidate.
The reason why Hillary may not be able to take Obama as a Vice President is due to the likelihood that Republicans would play the race card next fall using Bill Clinton's own voice. If Hillary ends up losing everything to Obama, it will (and here is the positive) set up a precedent that if you play the race card, you lose. That may just scare Republicans enough to avoid playing the race card next Fall.
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