Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM Pacific

I'm glad South Carolina trounced divisive politics

I wish Edwards had gotten to 20%, but he did better than I thought he would after Nevada and he picked up delegates.

However, I am thrilled that Barack Obama won a clear majority. I am glad that South Carolina gave not just him that victory, but America that victory. I'm glad that he won just about every county, and I'm glad that whites voted for him in similar numbers as voted for Hillary or Edwards.

It is impossible now to argue that Barack Obama is the black candidate, or the candidate of blacks.

Barack Obama, simply put, is the candidate who has now won 47% of all votes cast thus far.

Hillary has won 32%, and Edwards 19%.

He is dominating this election, and while I have substantive questions about his policy framework, it is clear that he is demonstrating that America is moving past the racial and ethnic divisions of the past.

It's equally clear that Bill and Hillary Clinton have not.

I'm not calling them racist -- I'm saying that if they have any hope of winning this nomination, they need to come to grips with the fact that America has changed.