Key South Carolina Leaders Back Clinton

Two key black State Senators who backed John Edwards for the Democratic nomination in 2004 have thrown their support behind Hillary Clinton in her campaign to be President.

Robert Ford and Darrell Jackson think that Hillary Clinton is the only Democrat who can win the Presidency.

However, Ford has made some comments which seem a little out of place for a black leader in South Carolina.

Ford said that although he liked Obama, he believed that if he was the nominee, the Democrats would lose the House, the Senate and the Governors because Obama is black. He also said that although he is a gambling man, he isn't going to kill himself.

Well, there you go.

Jackson said that Edwards has had his chance, and it is time to move on to someone new. Edwards won the South Carolina primary in 2004.

The Clinton campaign has welcomed the support of Ford and Jackson.

South Carolina will be the first southern Democrat primary state in 2008. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be campaigning there in the next week.