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But recently, Clinton fumbled a debate question about driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, and polling found more blacks in South Carolina moving toward Obama, although Clinton still leads overall.

"I know it's also about love," she said.

"It's the bitter legacy of racism and discrimination and oppression in this country.

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"I know folks talk in barbershops and beauty salons, and I've heard some folks say, 'That Barack, he seems like a nice guy, but I'm not sure America's ready for a black president,' " Michelle Obama told a crowd Tuesday at historically black South Carolina State University.

Michelle Obama, 43, is especially challenging other black women, who'll be pivotal in the South Carolina primary, to consider whether they're torn between the two leading Democratic candidates because they identify with Clinton as a woman, admire her experience or loved Bill Clinton as president, or because racism has shaded their instincts.

" Her black pride message is a difficult one to calibrate, not only because overreaching could bring a backlash, but also because the campaign's national strategy hinges on whites seeing Obama as a post-racial candidate.

For months, this political math has taken a backseat as Obama's campaign has obsessed over how to close Clinton's narrow lead in Iowa, the first voting state, and battled frustration over Clinton's larger leads in other states.

" Todd Shaw, an assistant professor of political science and African-American studies at the University of South Carolina, said that Michelle Obama "helps to reinforce the point, 'We're coming from an African-American family; our perspective is your perspective.