Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama and Republican Fred Thompson were the frontrunners in South Carolina's first-in-the-South 2008 presidential primary, according to a poll Sunday.

 

The survey by the Mason-Dixon polling firm found that African-American support had pushed Obama ahead of US Senator Hillary Clinton, giving him the support of 34 percent of likely voters against 25 percent for Clinton.

 

Former US Senator John Edwards of North Carolina was third at 12 percent, while 24 percent of respondents were undecided.

 

Blacks in South Carolina, who could make up more than half of the party's primary voters, favored Obama over Clinton 41 percent to 18 percent, with about one-third of black voters in the state undecided.

 

In South Carolina's Republican nomination contest, Thompson -- a popular television actor and former Tennessee senator who has not yet formally entered the presidential race -- polled 25 percent. Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani was second with 21 percent.

 

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was third with 11 percent, followed by US Senator John McCain at seven percent. Twenty-eight percent of likely Republican voters were undecided.

 

South Carolina's Democratic primary is tentatively scheduled for January 29, while the Republican contest has been set for February 2.

 

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=07...;show_article=1

Obama- Clinton ticket perhaps? First woman vice president might be interesting

Looks like there are still a bunch of undecideds on both sides. A quarter of Republican voters and a fifth of Dem voters....

Obama- Clinton ticket perhaps? First woman vice president might be interesting

Will never happen.

all i know is that people voting for romney are voting to make our country dumber by the second...im so glad he is virtually hopeless in this race

all i know is that people voting for romney are voting to make our country dumber by the second...im so glad he is virtually hopeless in this race

From now on it should be a requirement to refer to him as Mitt "Let's Double Guantanamo!" Romney.

all i know is that people voting for romney are voting to make our country dumber by the second...im so glad he is virtually hopeless in this race

From now on it should be a requirement to refer to him as Mitt "Let's Double Guantanamo!" Romney.

or mitt 'educating our children really isnt that important" romney!

Obama- Clinton ticket perhaps? First woman vice president might be interesting

Will never happen.

 

Exactly.

 

A black man and a white woman on the same ticket. The US is not ready for that much diversity on a ticket.

Obama- Clinton ticket perhaps? First woman vice president might be interesting

Will never happen.

 

Exactly.

 

A black man and a white woman on the same ticket. The US is not ready for that much diversity on a ticket.

I was thinking more along the lines that neither would want to be the VP for the other.

 

If Obama doesn't get the nomination I'd say he has at least two more presidential runs in his career.

Obama- Clinton ticket perhaps? First woman vice president might be interesting

Will never happen.

 

Exactly.

 

A black man and a white woman on the same ticket. The US is not ready for that much diversity on a ticket.

I was thinking more along the lines that neither would want to be the VP for the other.

 

If Obama doesn't get the nomination I'd say he has at least two more presidential runs in his career.

Considering his age, probably more than that...

I'd think after three unsuccessful presidential nomination runs he'd call it quits. It'd only get tougher as he went.

Obama- Clinton ticket perhaps? First woman vice president might be interesting

Will never happen.

 

Exactly.

 

A black man and a white woman on the same ticket. The US is not ready for that much diversity on a ticket.

I was thinking more along the lines that neither would want to be the VP for the other.

 

If Obama doesn't get the nomination I'd say he has at least two more presidential runs in his career.

 

I think if Clinton got the nomination and if she offered Obama the VP spot he would take it. But I do not see that happening. Shes going to nominate a white male with plenty of experience.

Hillary pickign Obama is like when Reagan picked Bush to be his VP. Not necessarily a bad idea to diversify within your own party. The problem is that Hillary as a front runner and the parties in-line candidate would not concede to be the VP for up and coming obama. The other way around maybe, although as a junior senator herself, she may want a more experienced person as her VP.