Past versus the future

A RACE of RACE, GENDER or ISSUES?

Gender Race Politics and things keep changing in this 2008 race for the Presidential nomination. But no matter how you see it, the future seems bright and hopeful:

Barack Obama winning tonight in South Carolina clearly demonstrate how things can truly change in the United States of America. I feel honored to be witnessing this massive change and for the first time feeling like a part of a democratic movement that sends a chill down your spine, because Barack has reminded me once again and reaffirmed the fact that even if one man can stand for a positive change, then that man can make a difference.

Read a message from Barack on tonight's big win

Obama wins Big in South Carolina, regaining momentum
By DAVID ESPO and CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press Writers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.

"The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders," Obama said at a boisterous victory rally. "It's not about rich versus poor, young versus old and it's not about black versus white. It's about the past versus the future."

The audience chanted "Race doesn't matter" as it awaited Obama to make his appearance after rolling up 55 percent of the vote in a three-way race.

But it did, in a primary that shattered turnout records.
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