He was clobbered with white men and white women. He came in third among both groups.

Obama showed in Iowa and New Hampshire that he can win white votes. But the exit polls suggest that this victory in South Carolina is about race, plain and simple.

UPDATE: That is to say, except among the youngest voters (who backed Obama first regardless of race). One reader suggests:

Perhaps it was about race for the older people, but race is becoming less relevant with younger generations? One can only hope.