Election day update, 1 p.m.
Barack Obama arrived unannounced at Benedict College at about 10:30 a.m. and got a hero’s welcome. According to poll worker Elise Martin, the students “devoured him” as he walked through the crowd, shaking hands.
Angela Young, 22, of Columbia, said she voted for Obama. “He appealed to me on a personal level because he’s where I have been.”
Obama later stopped at Harper’s Restaurant in Five Points, where he spent about 30 minutes greeting the lunch crowd. He shook hands with nearly every person in the restaurant, including elementary school art teachers Katie Hopper, 28, and Cindy Bowie, 34.
Hopper said she was incredibly nervous talking to Obama. “He touched my hand. I called him ma’am.”
Bowie, who teaches at the predominately black South Kilbourne Elementary, said she was thrilled to meet Obama. “He is someone who is going to make a big difference in my students’ future.”
Obama left the restaurant and went to the SCETV office to talk with national media members.
_ Jeff Wilkinson
At Ward 1 at the Capital Senior Center in Columbia, poll workers reported low turnout through 1 p.m. But those who showed up were remarkably young, female and African American, according to veteran poll workers. _ Marjorie Riddle
Go Obama Go! We are ready for change. End to Bush -Clinton-Bush- Clinton dynasty...
Posted by: fanor Ifeanyi | 26 January 2008 at 02:02 PM
Go Obama Go! We are ready for change. End to Bush -Clinton-Bush- Clinton dynasty...
Posted by: fanor Ifeanyi | 26 January 2008 at 02:03 PM
BARACK OBAMA _ RIGHT ON DAY ONE
Posted by: Celina | 26 January 2008 at 02:40 PM
put an end to politics as usual -- vote OBAMA!
Posted by: amanda | 26 January 2008 at 03:01 PM
I look forward to seeing him again when he comes back to New York. Thanks for all your support South Carolina
Posted by: luis | 26 January 2008 at 05:07 PM