Obama navigates racial minefield in S.C.
488522
Democrat Barack Obama is walking a tricky racial line in South Carolina, openly appealing to black voters while striving not to be tagged as "the black candidate."
528791
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.
687739
Senator Barack Obama sweeps to victory in South Carolina in the state's presidential primary, with the networks projecting he will win by a large margin.
355664
Barack Obama won South  Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary  with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday, dealing a  setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political  brawling.
658843
COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in a bruising White House race after Obama scored a landslide win in a South Carolina primary tinged by the issue of race.
91229
Senator Barack Obama looked set for an invigorating victory over White House foe Hillary Clinton Saturday, in a South Carolina primary marred by race rows and bitter personal slurs.
593505
Landslide margins among black voters fueled Barack Obama to his win Saturday in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, allowing him to overcome the edge that Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards had among whites.
734920
GREENWOOD, S.C., Jan. 22 -- Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has spent much of the past year laying out a vision for voters weary of partisan rancor and political double talk. Now, as he faces an electorate suddenly worried about plummeting 401(k) accounts and vanishing jobs, he argues that the issues are...
71374
Illinois Sen. Barack ObamaÃ¢ÂÂs charismatic persona and status as perhaps the strongest-ever African-American contender for president has had him riding a wave of publicity in the early weeks of his bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination.
319651
Can Obama's vision of change resonate in this town marred by economic woe and racial tension?
460948
COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - 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.
278882
Jesse Jackson now says he doesnÃ¢ÂÂt remember saying it, but South CarolinaÃ¢ÂÂs largest newspaper, The State, is standing by its story that the civil rights leader complained after a speech there that Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is Ã¢ÂÂacting like he&#39;s whiteÃ¢ÂÂ for not speaking out more forcefully about a racially charged schoolyard beating in Louisiana.
6392
SPARTANBURG, S.C. , Jan. 9 -- The Republican race for president largely shifted Wednesday to South Carolina, where in 10 days a divided electorate is likely to crown one candidate the front-runner and cripple the chances of one or more others.
628875
Democrat Barack Obama, who would be the first black president, has white ancestors who owned slaves, according to a genealogical researcher.
674554
Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton in the racially-charged South Carolina primary Saturday night
88943
Barack Obama, who has made his mark in the presidential race with his call for a new brand of politics, isn't quite as singular on the political scene as his campaign would suggest.
343418
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.