Clinton pours cash into S.C. ["MUST WIN" for obama]

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Source: the hill



Clinton pours cash into S.C.

By Alexander Bolton
November 14, 2007

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has more than tripled her campaign spending in South Carolina, taking aggressive action in a state political experts call a “must-win” for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) because of its high percentage of black voters.


While most attention has focused on the race between Clinton and Obama in Iowa, and to a lesser extent New Hampshire, competition between the two Democratic front-runners has quietly intensified in the Palmetto State since the end of June.



The gathering activity in the first Southern primary state shows that while Obama’s performance in Iowa is crucial, as his aides have acknowledged, a loss in South Carolina could slam the door on his campaign.


“For one candidate, there is a line being drawn,” said Joe Werner, executive director of the South Carolina Democratic Party. “He feels he has to carry South Carolina. That candidate is Sen. Obama.”





Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/clinton-pours-cash-into-s.c.-2007-11-14.html

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1. I agree--SC is the end of the road for Obama, and he knows it. Hopefully

either he or Edwards will win in IA, and this won't all be over on Jan. 3.

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2. She already has a double-digit lead there

Democratic Primary -- Clinton Slugs it Out with Obama: In a Democratic Primary for President of the United States held in South Carolina today, 11/13/07, two months to the vote, Hillary Clinton leads with 47%, 14 points atop Barack Obama, at 33%. Clinton leads by 33 points among women. Obama leads by 19 point among men. A 52-point Gender Gap. Among white South Carolina Democratic Primary voters, Obama runs 3rd, behind John Edwards, who gets 17% of white votes and 10% overall. Obama gets 15% of white votes, 40 points behind Clinton, who gets 55% of white votes. Obama leads 5:4 among black voters, but that is not enough of a lead to catapult Obama past Clinton -- not today, anyway. In SurveyUSA's turnout model, 49% of likely Democratic voters are black, 48% are white. Clinton leads by 22 points Upstate, by 15 points in the Midlands, and by 5 points in the Low Country. Obama leads among voters under age 50. Democrats say Iraq is the most important issue for the next President to focus on, followed by the Economy, followed by Health Care. On all 3 issues, Clinton leads by at least 16 points.

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=16534545-fed1-44c2-a2b2-900fe56895df

and here:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_primaries.html

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3. ["MUST WIN" for obama] is not in the original headline

and there are no snips, so it looks like this is the original text.

How long have you worked for Fox News? :hide: