Hillary and McCain take California as Super Tuesday ends in a stalemate

‘Equality’ is exactly what came out of this ‘Super Tuesday’ and if anything, it has only made the Democratic race a lot more interesting than it was before. In what was dubbed as being the decisive night for the Democratic nominees to face off for the presidency, but it proved anything but decisive at the end. Sure, Hillary Clinton had taken the delegate rich state of California, but then the Democratic way of counting means that Obama still holds an excellent chance of winning. The red hot battle this winter has been in the Democratic camp, but Republican senators Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are giving John McCain a fight he might have not seen coming. McCain still managed to win over California comfortably and the golden state might just have made McCain’s next few months a lot easier. With the Republicans, it is the winner who takes the state and that should work in favor of McCain as of now. The 71-year-old Arizona senator won the delegate-heavy states like California, New York and New Jersey and claimed enough states across the rest of the country to stay well ahead of his Republican rivals. While Both Romney and Huckabee have managed to still survive and stay in the race to the White House, McCain’s California win might have all but put a close to the speculation of who will be the Republican candidate. He also won his home state of Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Montana, and Oklahoma. Mitt Romney managed to win Massachusetts, Utah, Minnesota, Colorado, North Dakota and Utah while Huckabee did win in West Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Arkansas. This might be just enough to keep them in race for now, but when Texas does go to primaries, it might be all over for the two brave challengers. As far as the Democrats go, Super Tuesday was just the beginning of a super showdown which will go on for the next few months. While for now Hillary’s win in California has put her ahead on points, Obama’s growing popularity and his call for a ‘change’ are catching on across the country. The 46 year old is only now starting to make that final push. While many speculated about California, it was probably pretty easy to say that it was going to Hillary considering early reports. She also took New York and New Jersey along with the surprise win in Massachusetts, the home state of Democrat elder statesman Ted Kennedy and 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry, who both went out in support of the Obama camp. For his part Obama has bagged Georgia early with victories in Alabama, Connecticut, Colorado, Idaho, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, Alaska and his home state of Illinois. The brawl between both Obama and Hillary is still very much on and those boxing gloves are not coming off just yet. Obama landed the early jabs, but Hillary did hit the big right hand in form of California. There is still many a round to go and the definitive knockout punch has not come yet. If you are keeping score then it is 12-8 in favor of Obama. But the 8 in Hillary’s tally include big blows like California and New York. Democrats are looking ahead to the next big contests in a week’s time in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Ohio and Texas vote in March while Pennsylvania goes to polls in April. We might just have to wait till the last round to find the winner of this one. What will America vote for – change or experience? That sounds so much like ‘American Idol’, doesn’t it? Source