Click to play videoNew Delhi: A close and possibly bruising race is getting underway in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia - the race for 168 votes that could be crucial to deciding which candidate eventually wins the nomination for president of the United States.
At this point for the Democrats, the demographic profile appears to favour Barack Obama. The voters in these three states are African-Americans and educated white voters.
Obama has done well with both. This is what he said in his campaign speech ahead of Super Tuesday, “If you will vote for me on Tuesday, then I promise you this: we will not just win Maryland, we will win the Democratic nomination, we will win the general election, and you and I together, we will go forward to change this country and change the world.”
Hillary Clinton downplayed Obama's weekend victories in four states choosing instead to focus on the March primaries in Ohio and Texas and indirectly emphasising her experience as opposed to Obama's.
“We have to start imagining right now what it will take for our nominee to go toe-to-toe with John McCain on national security, on defense, on homeland security,” says Clinton.
On the Republican side, front-runner John McCain suffered an upset in Kansas over the weekend with Mike Huckabee winning - a sign that the conservatives are not happy with him but the Vietnam veteran remains confident.
Said McCain, “We're doing fine. We're doing fine. We have 700 and some, close to 800 delegates, and the last time I checked Governor Huckabee has very few.”
McCain has a solid lead over Huckabee but the priest turned politician is not yet ready to throw in the towel.
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