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Posted: January 26, 2008 9:51 PM
Clinton, Edwards Soldier on Toward Feb. 5 After S.C. Drubbing
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Sen. Hillary Clinton tried to look past her crushing defeat to Barack Obama in Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary with hopes of rebounding in later contests.

“We now turn our attention to the millions of Americans who will make their voices heard in Florida and the twenty-two states as well as American Samoa who will vote on February 5th,” Clinton said in a news release after the South Carolina results showed her losing by a 2-to-1 margin to Obama.

Clinton, whose husband former President Bill Clinton campaigned hard throughout the South Carolina in the days ahead of the vote, decided to fly to Tennessee, one of the Feb. 5 states. She left as the polls were closing.

“In the days ahead, I’ll work to give voice to those who are working harder than ever to be heard,” her statement continued. “For those who have lost their job or their home or their health care, I will focus on the solutions needed to move this country forward. That’s what this election is about. It’s about our country, our hopes and dreams. Our families and our future.”

Clinton is still polling well ahead of Obama nationally, in Florida and in the biggest Super Tuesday states.

Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina finished third, a sharp setback in the state where he was born and scored a primary victory in his first presidential campaign in 2004. Aides told the Associated Press that he would remain in the race.

Unlike the Michigan Democratic primary, all the Democratic candidates are on the ticket in Florida, but the Democratic National Committee has stripped the state of its delegates as punishment for moving up its primary ahead of Super Tuesday. Candidates would still like a victory there for both bragging rights heading into Feb. 5 and for Florida’s delegates, should they at some point be reinstated