Obama takes South Carolina
Updated on 27 January 2008
An Obama landslide in South Carolina, now the fight for Super Tuesday begins.
It's about the past versus the future - American presidential hopeful Barack Obama told cheering supporters - after his landslide victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary.
The Illinois Senator beat his main rival, Hillary Clinton, by a margin of two to one, taking eighty percent of Black voters in the first southern state to hold a primary.
It's given Obama critical momentum ahead of next week's crucial battle - known as Super Tuesday - when 22 states hold their contests. Our Washington correspondent Sarah Smith reports.
