The
Primaries on February 9, Saturday will be the first Primaries to follow the Super Tuesday extravaganza, held on Feb. 5. Four states will hold Democratic Primaries - Feb. 9 simultaneously: Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington and Virgin Islands. There are a total of 204 delegates at stake. Republican Primaries, on the other hand, will be held in three states. The states are Kansas, Louisiana and Washington. The delegates in the fray for the Republicans are 126. However, 19 of the total 40 Republican delegates from Washington will vote in the Primary to be held on Feb. 19.
Considering the fact that the Super Tuesday results have failed to throw up any definitive frontrunner, particularly for the Democrats, the significance of the upcoming Democrat Primaries have increased manifold. Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton have finished the Super Tuesday with a virtual stalemate. Sen. Obama has won more states, and Ms. Clinton has won more delegates. However, the differences on either side are not much, and it seems that the final verdict may go all the way down the wire to the Party’s National Convention.
The picture appears much clearer on the Republican side. John McCain has emerged as the obvious frontrunner. Both Mitt Romney and
Mike Huckabee are well behind in terms of delegate counts. As the magic number of the Republicans are much less than their Democratic counterparts, it seems that McCain is almost there. Mitt Romney has already announced his withdrawal from the race on Feb. 7, Thursday. Mike Huckabee is still there in the fray but it seems unlikely that he will be able to put up any serious competition for McCain.
