AP Calls Obama Delegate winner in Nevada

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton laid down a winning hand in Nevada. So did Barack Obama.

After a brawling presidential contest in the state, Clinton heads into the next battleground of South Carolina with another popular vote victory. But Obama, whose Jan. 3 Iowa victory recedes with time, walked away with one more Nevada delegate than Clinton.

The split decision shifts the fight to the South, where Obama is relying on black voters, who make up more than half of the South Carolina Democratic electorate, to give him a winning edge. Most polls have him leading Clinton in the state. But Clinton has won over many influential black leaders and had led in the state before Obama's Iowa victory established him as a strong contender.

By eking out 13 delegates to Clinton's 12, Obama was able to salvage a foothold in the race and keep Clinton from claiming a full dose of momentum.

Sweet!

Thanks Perky.

:)

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basically guesses. The sytem is complicated and in the final outcome
these numbers will not hold. Each states, district, county has input.

It is one delgate that will take weeks to figure out.... But AP is saying it will be Obama. The perception is done..

Oh come on, it was just a couple of weeks ago.

Got to love the editorialization in a "news story."

& Obama isn't my first choice, Edwards is, but this sort of stuff bugs me just the same.