Admittedly myself and other Barack Obama supporters have not been overly encouraged by the voters of New Hampshire and to a lesser degree Nevada. We know a win in South Carolina Saturday is not a must but is certainly something needed even if just a 1 point win. A 5 to 10 win could really give some momentum into February 5th. Some in the past week or so have even been hoping for possibly something between 10 and 15.
Well, on this Wednesday morning three respected names Reuters/CSpan/Zogby have just released the latest poll for Saturday's Democratic primary. Good news for Obama supporters with Barack up 19 points over Hillary Clinton 43 to 24 and John Edwards only 9 back of Clinton at 15.
What's going on in South Carolina? It seems Hillary Clinton's strategy of taking the leash off of her attack dog Bill Clinton is not being very well received neither by South Carolina voters or many Democratic party leaders nationwide.
Obama supporters know better than anyone not to put total confidence in polls but we all know that much more often than not they are usually very indicative of election day results. If this latest poll is even near what results are on Saturday our friends in South Carolina will have more than done their part in trying to help elect someone who I believe in decades to come could well be regarded and spoken of when historians mention the likes of Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Kennedy.
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Steve Everett
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