With no real competition on the Michigan Democratic ballot, Hillary Clinton is looking forward to South Carolina's January 26th caucus. All of the other Democrats had their names removed from the Michigan ballot when the state moved the election to January 19th, violating the rules established by the Democratic National Committee. Clinton remains the only top tier candidate on the Democratic slate.
She is pushing in South Carolina, where he husband former President Bill Clinton is somewhat of a hero to the African-American voters, who made him an honorary African-American, a title he still maintains there. Polls posted at usaelectionpolls.com indicate the rival Barack Obama has a slight edge in the state, currently leading 40 percent to 30 percent of Democrat voters expected to participate in the caucus. Despite this lag, Clinton remains hopeful that her husband's appearance in South Carolina and the pollsters getting it wrong in New Hampshire will keep her momentum going.
She is also hoping a strong show in Nevada on January 19 will shore up her position and that the culinary endorsement of Obama will not hinder her lead in that state, where the latest polls at usaelectionpolls.com show her with a 34 to 26 percent edge. While the union has endorsed Obama, some political pundits point out the memberships is not obligated to vote for its endorsed candidate. Hillary Clinton has been slipping in a whole range of state polls around the country.
The rest of January with its highly contested races will show whether Clinton's softer side of Hillary, that some say helped her in New Hampshire, can continue to lift her to the top in the races during the month.
