On Barack Obama in South Carolina

What can I say tonight, except that the worried feeling these last three weeks has dissipated. February 5 is still going to be a challenge for Obama, but it's going in the right direction, certainly.

His acceptance speech tonight was very good (although I'm still pretty partial to the Jefferson/Jackson Dinner speech and the Iowa acceptance speech):



I am also heartened by the endorsement of Carolina Kennedy in the New York Times, especially after their editorial board endorsed Clinton earlier this week. I'm surprised Obama too got more votes in the primary than McCain and Huckabee got in last week's Republican primary combined.

I guess what I'm most feeling tonight is pride, which feels funny to write. But I am very proud tonight. Proud that I can say I'm one of the many Obama donors, that I've seen in him Seattle, that I blogged about how much he wowed me in February of last year.

I am very very excited. As I said, February 5 is going to be a very hard contest. But I have great hope.