Obama coasts to easy win in South Carolina
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Barack Obama easily  won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential  primary with the aid of heavy black support on Tuesday, dealing  a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political  brawling.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Barack Obama has a 13-point lead on rival Hillary Clinton but his support has eroded slightly on the eve of South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.
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Barack Obama extended his winning streak over Hillary Rodham Clinton, while John McCain succeeded in countering recent victories by Mike Huckabee.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama holds a double-digit lead on rival Hillary Clinton three days before South Carolina's presidential primary, aided by a huge edge among black voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama and Republican Fred Thompson were the frontrunners in South Carolina&#39;s first-in-the-South 2008 presidential primary, according to a poll Sunday.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain pulled out a win Saturday in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, edging former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by 3 percentage points in nearly complete returns and easily outrunning the rest of the GOP field.
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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.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, picking up strength in an unpredictable White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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THE RACE: The presidential primary in South Carolina for Republicans and Democrats.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama kicked off a series of local outreach gospel concerts Friday in Charleston, South Carolina, that unexpectedly came back to bite his campaign.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - South Carolina Democrats cast votes on Saturday in a bitter presidential nominating race, with Barack Obama leading rival Hillary Clinton in polls and counting on heavy black support to carry him to a needed victory.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is limiting her time in South Carolina even though the presidential primary is just five days away, a recognition of rival Barack Obama's chances of winning the state and a reflection of her own long-term strategy.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in nearby Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race.
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Move comes on a day when Obama easily wins the Maine caucuses, completing a decisive weekend sweep of Democratic contests in four states.
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Democrats Barack Obama  and Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in  a bruising White House race after Obama rolled to a huge win in  a bitterly contested South Carolina primary.
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COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 19 -- Sen. John McCain conquered the South Carolina Republican primary Saturday, giving his once-embattled presidential campaign another significant boost and helping to wipe away bitter memories of his defeat here eight years ago.