Obama looks to build on Iowa triumph

BARACK OBAMA, flush from his stunning victory in the Iowa caucuses, charged to New Hampshire yesterday fired up for the second leg of his fight to be America’s first black president.

The young Illinois senator, with only two years of experience in Congress, defeated Hillary Clinton in Thursday’s nominating contests in Iowa, winning the backing of 38% of Democratic Iowa delegates.

As he rushed to New Hampshire for Tuesday’s first primary votes of the 2008 White House race, he was hoping to deal another blow to Clinton, who was beaten into third place after rival John Edwards.