Congratulations to Barack Obama’s campaign on their win in South Carolina.

The San Francisco Chronicle announced that they were endorsing Barack Obama for President. Since Mayor Newsom has endorsed Clinton, it is surprising that the Chronicle went with Obama.

As political junkies know, Super Tuesday is on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Twenty-four (24) states will hold primaries or caucuses on this date, with 52 percent of all pledged Democratic Party delegates and 41 percent of the total Republican Party delegates at stake. One of those states is of course, California.

With Obama getting 55% of the Democratic vote in South Carolina, the death toll might be chiming for SC native son, John Edwards. Even though Edwards enjoy the support of many unions, he has been running a distant third to Clinton and Obama. With a loss in his native state (and the only state that he won in 2004), Edwards’ campaign seems to be on life support.

For the record, I am supporting Obama, but I have no objections to Clinton or Edwards being the Democratic nominee. All three bring a great deal to the presidential campaign and all three have good planks on their platform. It’s nice to see that the Democrats’ front runners are all great candidates.