They’re blabbing about what that means. Clinton may not even come in second.

More as it comes in and if my flu-ridden 3-year-old lets me type.

Addendum: Racial breakdown from the exit polling:

African-
Americans		 Whites
Obama 81 24
Clinton 24 36
Edwards 1 29

Obama won 49 percent of White voters under the age of 29 but just 16 percent of White over the age of 60.

It was one of the fastest calls in CNN network history. That suggests a very big win. Clinton knew it, which is probably why she is having her “victory party” in Tennessee.

Addendum: It looks like Obama has broken 50 percent, routed Clinton in almost all of the SC counties, and may have beaten her by as much 25 percent.

Also, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg will be endorsing Obama in a NYT editorial tomorrow.

The nation turns its lonely eyes to Ted.

Second addendum: From Kennedy Schlossberg’s Op-ed piece, she’s not couching her endorsement in nuances. It’s entitled: A President like my Father.

OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama.

My reasons are patriotic, political and personal, and the three are intertwined. All my life, people have told me that my father changed their lives, that they got involved in public service or politics because he asked them to. And the generation he inspired has passed that spirit on to its children. I meet young people who were born long after John F. Kennedy was president, yet who ask me how to live out his ideals. …

We have that kind of opportunity with Senator Obama. It isn’t that the other candidates are not experienced or knowledgeable. But this year, that may not be enough. We need a change in the leadership of this country — just as we did in 1960. …

I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.

He’s got the momentum – however much infrastructure he’ll be facing for the biggest Super Tuesday in history.

Third addendum: John Nichols of the Nation thinks Clinton should lock her husband in the basement for the next month or two.

Fourth addendum: Another entry into the bandwagon department, the SF Chronicle (notorious for defaulting to machine candidates) is now endorsing Obama.

And here’s a prediction. If Obama really does pull out a win, he will nominate a woman for V.P. – Claire McCaskill. They’re meeting for photo-op in Kansas City on Tuesday.

Fifth addendum: CNN reports that Senator Ted Kennedy is endorsing Obama. Oddly enough, it was leaked by the Clinton campaign, probably to avoid a blitz of the Monday news cycle.

Sixth addendum: Obama’s coalition is formidable, but unless he makes some serious headway into the Latino communities, the Hispanic vote may be Clinton’s ace-in-the-hole. The Clintons are scrambling to spin SC into a “Jesse Jackson” box and make Obama the “black candidate.” The Kennedy endorsements make for a good counter, but Obama knows he’s going to need more. He made some explicit references to Hispanics in his speech and he’s got a ground game running in that direction. But he needs some photo-ops.

Oh, and how does Attorney General Edwards sound?

And did you know that Lieberman is stumping for McCain? Looks like McCain suffered a misstep. Probably minor, but it’s the type of thing that makes its way into opponents’ hit ads.

Seventh addendum: From the Memphis Flyer, Hillary Clinton campaigning in the State of Denial:

After a perceptible pause, she began awkwardly: “I was honored to run in South Carolina… and it was very close….”

Close?!!!

Oh, and Rev. Al Sharpton tells Bill Clinton to “shut up.”

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