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		</div><p>Democratic US presidential hopefuls fighting for African-American voters have been seeking an edge in South Carolina as Republicans criss-crossed the state for a path out of Donald Trump&#8217;s long shadow.</p>
<p>Hillary Clinton stepped up her hammering of Democrat rival Bernie Sanders for what she said were his false claims about President Barack Obama&#8217;s legacy.</p>
<p>Prominent black leaders echoed the theme &#8211; an effort to use the first African-American president as a wedge between Mr Sanders and black voters.</p>
<p>&#8220;He has called the president weak, a disappointment,&#8221; Mrs Clinton said of Mr Sanders at a forum in Denmark.</p>
<p>&#8220;He does not support, the way I do, building on the progress the president has made.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the wake of her bruising rout in New Hampshire, the former US secretary of state hopes the first-in-the-south primary will showcase her strength with at least one core segment of the Democratic coalition.</p>
<p>A Democrat cannot win the nomination, much less the White House, without significant backing and enthusiasm from black communities.</p>
<p>For Republicans, South Carolina is another chance to emerge as the viable alternative to Mr Trump, the billionaire reality TV star who snatched the race away from the Republican establishment.</p>
<p>Although he appears to have a solid lead in the polls in the state, the rest of the field is hoping to peel off support from the large and influential evangelical community.</p>
<p>As his rivals hustled through rare snowfall, Mr Trump showed he would not make it easy and was able to steal the spotlight with a Twitter threat to sue his closest competitor.</p>
<p>&#8220;If @TedCruz doesn&#8217;t clean up his act, stop cheating, &#038; doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen,&#8221; Mr Trump wrote.</p>
<p>Another tweet questioned Mr Cruz&#8217;s faith, saying: &#8220;How can Ted Cruz be an evangelical Christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest?&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Trump&#8217;s broadside was a response to cutting new ads shown by the Cruz campaign in South Carolina.</p>
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<p>Jeb Bush and his allies also are aiming attacks on the bomb-throwing front-runner, hoping his coarse style and record on social issues will turn off voters.</p>
<p>Right To Rise USA, the super political action committee backing Mr Bush, released an attack ad blasting Mr Trump for supporting partial-birth abortion, allegedly defrauding students of Trump University and trying &#8220;to seize private property to line his own pockets&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Bush campaigned at a faith forum at conservative Bob Jones University in Greenville, where he mused about what his famous father, former president George Bush senior, would think of Mr Trump&#8217;s cursing.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine my dad &#8230; ,&#8221; Mr Bush said, trailing off as the audience laughed.</p>
<p>Mr Bush has embraced his family&#8217;s network in the state. He is inviting his brother, former president George W Bush, to campaign with him.</p>
<p>On Friday, he picked up the endorsement of South Carolina&#8217;s former first lady Iris Campbell, a long-time Bush family ally.</p>
<p>Mr Trump was the only Republican to bypass South Carolina on Friday, redirecting his typically unconventional campaign to Florida, where he was holding a rally in Tampa.</p>
<p>On the Democratic side, Mrs Clinton&#8217;s attacks on Mr Sanders were backed up by the Congressional Black Caucus PAC.</p>
<p>Mr Sanders wants to &#8220;undo&#8221; Mr Obama&#8217;s accomplishments, said PAC chairman and congressman Gregory Meeks, pointing to Mr Sanders&#8217; past criticism of the president and his 2011 suggestion that Democrats should mount a primary challenge to Mr Obama.</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe Senator Sanders&#8217; disparaging comments towards the president are misplaced, misguided, and do not give credit where credit is due,&#8221; the New York Democrat said.</p>
<p>Mr Sanders says he has been largely supportive of Mr Obama, despite his occasional critique.</p>
<p>&#8220;Last I heard, a United States senator had the right to disagree with the president, including a president who has done such an extraordinary job,&#8221; Mr Sanders said in Thursday night&#8217;s debate.</p>
<p>Mr Clinton has significantly bulked up her campaign advertising plan, reaching well beyond the next two states in the state-by-state voting to decide who will represent each party in the November general election.</p>
<p>She has an eye on the March 1 &#8220;Super Tuesday&#8221; contests and now plans to air ads in 17 additional states, including Texas, Minnesota and Georgia.</p>
<p>Former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, meanwhile, ended his campaign after failing to win support. The Republican said he would support the party&#8217;s nominee.</p>
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