Reply #30: Exactly. He was devaluing Obama's win by saying his support is only among blacks.

[Drunken Irishman]

Essentially saying he does not have appeal beyond the black community. That is untrue. The fact he came in 3rd within the white vote was to be expected. Clinton had been running a campaign there longer than Obama, had a huge lead at one point and Edwards was BORN in South Carolina, WON South Carolina last year and spent the most money in South Carolina. Jesse Jackson led in most polls for a very long time prior to the So. Carolina caucus, WAS from South Carolina and that showed in the results. The difference? Jackson couldn't prove his viability outside of So. Carolina, especially in important primaries.

But that isn't the point, since you've conceded Clinton WAS using race as an issue here. That seems to be the issue, where Clinton is using Obama's race once again against him. So since Obama and Jesse Jackson were both black and they both won South Carolina, they are comparable. Except Clinton seems to bring this up as a PROBLEM for Obama, when it really isn't. Obama won South Carolina because of race, yes, but he also did better than anyone could have expected within the white community. And not only that, he's doing far better in white states than Jesse Jackson really did (outside of Vermont). Obama is not Jesse Jackson and Jackson's fate should not be used as a tool for divisive politics.