The polls almost nailed Hillary’s margin of victory ahead of time, so there’s nothing shocking in her win. It will be interesting to see how Obama handles this second blow to his formerly smooth ride. After losing in New Hampshire he played dirtier than people expected. Insinuating that Hillary was racist was a little too outlandish to earn him anything other than mild disapproval. Hillary didn’t have to do much to look better than Barack. But both want to “move past race.”

However, in Nevada, Obama took the black vote by a ratio of 5-to-1, and Hillary decidedly took the Hispanic vote. So, going into South Carolina (with its large black contingent among Democrats), identity will be evidenced everywhere — except on the tongues of the candidates.