The next day of the rest of the campaign

The next leg of the Democrat and Republican nomination process starts today after the big hoopla of Super Tuesday, with the candidates trying to either solidify their positions or close narrow gaps with this weekend’s primaries and caucuses.

On the Republican side with the race down to just John McCain and Mike Huckabee, McCain will look to blunt Huckabee in Louisiana, and increase his lead with a win in Washington.

On the Democratic side, Obama will be attempting to close the delegate gap between himself and Hillary Clinton by winning in the caucuses in Nebraska, and Washington today and Maine tomorrow, formats where he has done very well, while keeping it close in Louisiana.

In additional developments new polling by CNN shows that Obama has a distinct advantage over McCain in a head to head match up 52% to 44%, and in a Time poll 48% to 41%. Clinton shows only a slight lead over McCain in a head to head match up with a 50% to 47% advantage in the CNN poll and a dead heat at 46% each in the Time poll. The main reason attributed to the poorer showing by Clinton is the always present “dislike” moniker.

Both parties are trying hard to get closure on their nominees with the GOP having a leg up with the “suspension” of Romney’s candidacy, but Huckabee vows to continue to be thorn in McCain’s side at least through this weekend.
The pace of the races slow down now after Super Duper Tuesday, but the stakes remain extremely high, and the expectation is a very close race on Democrat’s side, possibly going all the way to the convention, when some real fun would happen.