While John McCain and Mitt Romney are fighting for survival out in California, both of the leading Democrats are spending their Super Tuesday on their home turf, Obama in Illinois and Clinton in New York. Much has been made of the closeness of this race, and last night both candidates were trying to downplay expectations of today's votes yielding an outright victory for either of them. These choices, perhaps, are indicative of the long fight still ahead for the Democratic nomination in a race that has become to close that less is actually at sake for the the Democrats today than the Republicans.
Both had to return home to cast their own ballots, but even so and have deployed high-profile surrogates to do the heavy-lifting for them today, but it's still curious that both Obama and Clinton would chose to stay on safe ground rather than shore up support in battleground areas like California or New Jersey today.
Hoever, John McCain may not be able to seal the deal on his nomination by the evening either. A new Zogby/C-Span poll released this morning shows Romney pulling ahead of McCain in California, which may mean tighter races for the Republicans in other states as well.
