Barack Obama Scores Big Win In South Carolina Primary

After a brusing, tough, hard-fought week of campaigning that seemed to split the Democratic Party, Senator Barack Obama scored a big victory in taking the South Carolina Primary.

Senator Obama's win was absolute. He took 51 percent of the total votes, with the other half divided between Senator Clinton and Senator Edwards. It also comes as Senator Obama's scoring a huge number of endorsements in a single day.

Here's Senator Obama's rousing victory speech:



Senator Obama scored "a beat down" according to CNN's Roland Martin:



Here's a video from the victory party: