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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 11:47 pm |
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Analysis: Momentum Shifts to Clinton
By BETH FOUHY – 1 day ago
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Momentum moving her way, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton must change focus to the tough battle in South Carolina where rival Barack Obama hopes to rejuvenate his candidacy.
Black voters in the state are shifting to Obama, polls have found, despite a longtime loyalty to both Hillary and Bill Clinton, once nicknamed the first black president.
In capturing Nevada's caucuses, she beat Obama among women and showed significant strength among Hispanics, an important and growing segment. Obama won decisively among blacks, who could account for more than 50 percent of the voters in South Carolina's primary this coming Saturday.
Heading into South Carolina, Clinton wants to be in position to gain a major advantage in the more than 20 state contests set for Feb. 5. After Nevada, she touched down in Missouri, one of the most competitive states.
"Now we're back here in the Midwest, where I'm from. I'm so happy to see all of you," Clinton, a Chicago native, said to cheers at a campaign rally in this St. Louis suburb.
Clinton's immediate goal, however, is to hold her own in South Carolina.
Obama is now under greater pressure to win there. The Nevada results spelled trouble for Obama, whose stunning victory in the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3 has begun to fade amid evidence of his vulnerability among important demographic groups, especially white, working-class Democrats and women.
He tried to remedy that problem in Nevada, holding economic roundtables with women voters and bringing in his popular wife, Michelle, to campaign with him. But women outnumbered men among caucus-goers, and a sizable majority went with Clinton.
With her Nevada triumph, campaign officials say she will campaign hard in South Carolina and hope for a strong enough showing to pick up sizable number of delegates.
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler, a South Carolinian who recently endorsed Clinton, said he was optimistic.
"I think she's doing very well," Fowler said. "I'm confident with the kind of campaign we're running, next week we're going to win."
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