Edwards Says South Carolina A Must-Win State

[Freddie Stubbs]

POSTED: 7:14 a.m. EST January 29, 2004
UPDATED: 7:15 a.m. EST January 29, 2004

DURANT, Okla. -- Sen. John Edwards on Wednesday depicted a victory in South Carolina's first-in-the-South primary next week as crucial to his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, and expressed optimism about also winning in other Feb. 3 primary states.

The North Carolina Democrat campaigned in South Carolina, and Missouri on Wednesday, a day after finishing fourth in New Hampshire behind retired Gen. Wesley Clark, his other Southern rival.


He said he was pleased with that showing, which followed a strong second-place finish last week in the Iowa caucuses.

"This momentum, this energy we've seen in Iowa and New Hampshire is now coming to Oklahoma," Edwards told a rally at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

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[JI7]

1. he has said this before

i think edwards will win south carolina. i hope kerry still does well there. but it's edwards home just as new hampshire was kerry's so edwards has an advantage.