Some Western New Yorkers are pumped up about Barack Obama's win in the South Carolina Democratic primary. They organized a viewing party to watch the results come in this evening at his local campaign headquarters on Main Street in Buffalo. Supporters think the momentum from his big win tonight will carry over to Super Tuesday on February 5ht.

David Collins is running to be a convention delegate. "I just think that Obama represents a breath of really fresh air for this country."

Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant, of District 7, said "He's got diverse people supporting him. He's got young, he's got old, he's got people from all ethnic groups so it shows he has universal appeal, it shows he can get elected. I'm just so proud that he did so well in South Carolina."

But Professor James Campbell, the political science chair at the University at Buffalo, says the primary voting schedule at this point is still to Senator Hilary Clinton's advantage. "Obama could sneak into the race. He's within shooting distance of Senator Clinton, but I think Edwards is too far behind."

Campbell expects the democratic and republican primaries to be wide-open races into Super Tuesday but he says the South Carolina vote tonight could have some lasting impact. "It'll probably shape the nature of the debate and who feels more desperate and who wants to be on the attack."

That means New York and other Super Tuesday states are shaping up to be a battleground for delegates. Obama supporters are planning an attack to cultivate more support for the Illinois senator here in Western New York.

Diana Cihak, organizer of WNY Delegates for Obama, said "If we can do very well in Clinton's own home state, that's going to give Obama a huge push, and I have to tell you that I think the momentum has been building for the last month and I think that we're going to do very well."

Part of that plan includes heading out to local churches tomorrow to hand out literature on Barack Obama. Supporters are also running phone banks everyday. They say their volunteer ranks have swelled from just 40 people back in May to over 400 now.