Well That Was Quick

So NBC News immediately reports that Obama will win by a substantial margin.

They're harping on the fact that voters "recoiled" at the racial politics displayed by the Clinton campaign. Have I missed something? Aren't those things a few weeks old? How did they play in South Carolina? Was there a whisper campaign? Is it just that this is the first state with a substantial black population?

A little distasteful, too, that David Gregory said they had to wade into the internal numbers to see if this was a "meaningful" victory. Uhh, why? Obama just won the biggest state that has voted by the biggest margin. Isn't that enough?

Like I've said, this just isn't that tough a primary. I think that the media turned it into a far bigger political football than it actually is.

UPDATE: Tim Russert basically just tipped the exit polls, calling it a "30 point" victory.

Specifically, he said "if the numbers match the exit polls and obama has a 30-point victory..."

Wow.

UPDATE II: Obama really, really needed a big victory. He's actually not doing all that well in the February 5 states, and he needed a kick-start, something that could change the game a bit.

Meanwhile, what is up with Bill Clinton answering the charge of him and his wife "teaming up" on Obama by saying that Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice? Jackson won caucuses, which are vastly different. But that's besides the point. What the hell does that have to do with anything?

UPDATE III: So Bill Clinton just essentially gave the concession speech for his wife. That just looks TERRIBLE. Someone needs to put him in a box. He's making himself a target for the media, who loves to obsess on the Clenis.