An old-fashioned thumpin\' in South Carolina

Barack Obama in his final pre-primary rally late Friday night tried to brace his fervent supporters for the struggle ahead. "Change is not easy. Change is hard," Obama warned, partly referring to his recent momentum-draining setback in New Hampshire. "After we won in Iowa, everyone was so excited ... And I think that people began to think, 'This isn't hard.' But the status quo will not give up… » Full Story on Salon.com