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Obama hopes to rekindle momentum in S. Carolina

Stung by a frustratingly narrow loss in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Barack Obama arrives in South Carolina today with a key mission: to rekindle the momentum that brought him to within a whisker of becoming the first African-American to emerge as the front-runner after the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

His first-place showing in the Iowa caucuses one week ago excited voters...

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