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Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Setting the South Carolina bar

Clinton, Obama campaigns play the expectations game.

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  • Friday, January 25, 2008 07:33 AM

    Remember New Hampshire . . .

    . . . exact same scenario . . . just replace the "NH progressives" with SC "African Americans", same poll numbers, same expectation and same "analysis", and nobody is saying it but Obama's lead is shrinking.

    The Clinton Camp is wise announcing defeat, that will only make their victory sweeter. And even if Hillary loses SC, she will seal the deal on Super Tuesday, with the previous, if just nominal, win in Florida were Obama has been running endless TV Commercials for about three days now.

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