What a weekend for Obama.

The Senator from Illinois not only achieved a badly-needed victory, he built up overwhelming and unquestionable support in South Carolina. Across the board, the young Senator swept the state. From corner to corner, from young to old and from black to white, Obama built a stunning coalition of hope. 

In addition to this impressive victory, Obama got another major boost. Caroline Kennedy, in a moving and powerful endorsement, urged voters to support his candidacy while comparing him to her father. For some time, Senator Clinton has loudly proclaimed that Obama “was no Kennedy” and held up to ridicule those who dared to make such a comparison. Now, she’ll have a much tougher time with that argument. Here is what Ms. Kennedy had to say in an OpEd piece in The New York Times:

"Senator Obama is running a dignified and honest campaign. He has spoken eloquently about the role of faith in his life, and opened a window into his character in two compelling books. And when it comes to judgment, Barack Obama made the right call on the most important issue of our time by opposing the war in Iraq from the beginning.

I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.

I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans."

This surprise announcement will be quickly followed by an endorsement from her Uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy. This will be a major boost for Obama going into Tsunami Tuesday.

This week also included more questionable actions by the Clintons, who seem to believe that victory is more important than how they conduct their campaign. Sadly, you have to wonder if their moral compass has disappeared in their frantic efforts to win.

Once again, President Clinton toyed with people's prejudices and fears about race by comparing Obama's victory in South Carolina to Rev. Jesse Jackson's victory in 1988. I am sure that he will be “outraged” by this nearly universal observation and quickly try to become the victim. The President has gone from the “first black President” to a good ‘ole boy Southern politician, who uses coded language to bring up the issue of race. He knows exactly what he is doing.

What was even more stunning was that the President was on television on election night giving a speech about the results before Senator Clinton could make her concession speech. It was as if he was the one running in South Carolina. It was one of the strangest events that I have witnessed in many years in politics.

Finally, the Clintons are obviously not going to keep their word about not campaigning in Florida. In an attempt to build momentum before Tsunami Tuesday, the Clinton campaign is building expectations and essentially campaigning in Florida despite having agreed not to do so because the state pushed up its primary without the support of the Democratic Party. Clinton is promising the rogue Florida delegation that she will seat them at the convention even though she promised not interfere the Democratic National Committee’s sanctions. I am sure that they will come up with some convoluted explanation as to why they are not breaking their word. Obama will maintain his integrity and keep his promise not to campaign in the State.

Quite honestly, as this campaign continues, the Clintons’ questionable conduct is reinforcing Obama’s argument that we need to rid ourselves of the politics of the past.

In 1992, a young Governor urged us to embrace the "politics of hope.” In 2008, a young Senator has picked up the banner and represents the hope for the new century.