"Sunday Morning in America" Obama the defiant Barack Obama defeated a few things tonight. He defeated Hillary Clinton tonight. He defeated John Edwards. But he also defeated hopelessness in South Carolina. Broken schools.. people out of work .. people out of hope. He beat the odds. A 30 point spread for the man who could be president.. and change history (and the world).. As Barack Obama spoke tonight, Democrats, independents, and even some Republicans cheered Obama on.. some in the audience, as they did in Iowa, teared up. Some wept. This man inspires people like no politician has done in decades.. Barack Obama, at least for one night, defeated the divisive politics of the past 20 years. Bill Clinton won in 1992 with a minority of the popular vote but a majority of the electoral votes .. same with Bush in the year 2000. The presidency of Clinton and Bush are being lumped together by Barack Obama.. The genuis is that Obama is doing that without even saying their names. The only thing he has to say to make his point is speak about the politics of the past. .of the old. . of yesterday. He speaks about economic crises across the nation .. he talks about a war that only he of the big three on the Democratic side was against from the beginning .. But there's something more to the emotion that Obama is bringing to this election. Republicans on some blogs across the web world tonight seemed a bit inspired too. Sites that have been pro-Bush and pro-war for eight years are feeling a little nice tonight. Mark Levin even predicted a McCain loss to Obama.. Not only did the Clinton machine get swept into a corner for a trash collector to pick up, but also he was able to unite races, genders, religions, and some age groups. The miracle race in South Carolina. The polls were wrong in New Hampshire. Obama was up by 10 points until the election loss the night of the primary.. And the polls were, yet again, dead wrong in South Carolina. He was up by about 7 points .. he won the real contest by about 30. The tough spot that Obama's victory puts Hillary Clinton in is obvious: The only way she can win is to defeat hope. And the man from Hope would have to help. If she wins that way, how possibly can someone of this "Grinch" nature roll into a general election with any wind in her sails...?

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