CLEMSON, S.C. -- Presidential hopeful John Edwards, speaking in a sunny brick courtyard Wednesday at the college he once attended, basked in the sweet air and the attention from nearly a thousand people at a noon rally at Clemson University.
"Man, I can tell I'm back in the South," he said before he was interrupted by cheers. "And it feels good."
Just how long that feeling will last is uncertain.
South Carolina's Democratic primary will be held Jan. 26. Edwards was born here, represented neighboring North Carolina in the U.S. Senate and won the Palmetto State's 2004 presidential primary by 15 points. But this time, he is a distant third in state polls, overshadowed by well-financed rivals, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois.
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