Barack Obama still trails Hillary Clinton in polling from delegate-rich California, but Obama seems to have enough momentum on his side to perhaps win it. After decisively winning South Carolina and taking a principled stand in favor of letting illegal immigrants obtain driver’s licenses (which is both good policy and good politics in courting the state’s Latino vote), Obama will surely get a bump from Sen. Ted Kennedy not only endorsing him, but naming him the inheritor of JFK’s legacy. “It’s time for a new generation of leadership. It’s time for Barack Obama,” Kennedy said in a fiery speech (one that even reportedly bowled over Nancy Pelosi) that was followed by an equally strong Obama speech.
Also worth watching is Obama’s response the President Bush’s State of the Union speech: