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Barack Obama captured Mississippi in the last primary until April 22. (Courtesy Wikimedia)

In a race that is a real life tug of war, Barack Obama has pulled ahead Hillary Clinton again — winning the Mississippi primary on Tuesday. The win was an easy one for betting favorite Obama, and will offer him new momentum in his presidential fight against Clinton as the Democratic pair head toward their April 22 showdown in Pennsylvania.

Clinton, who had revived her hopes last week by winning Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island, was no match for Obama in Mississippi, who earned heavy black support and extended his lead over Clinton in pledged delegates to the August nominating convention.

Controversy was sparked as Mississippi voters cast their ballots, when a prominent Clinton supporter made some racially-charged comments.

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," Geraldine Ferraro, a Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1984, told a California-based newspaper. "And if he was a woman he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept," Ferraro added.

Although Clinton called Ferraro's comments "regrettable," the Obama camp lashed out at Clinton for refusing to remove Ferraro from her position with the campaign.

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