Super Tuesday is here

It's here. No big new thoughts today. On the Democratic side it's gonna be close, exciting and a late night. On the GOP side it sure looks like we are headed towards a McCain candidacy.

You can review my take on the evolving state of the election this past week in these recent posts:

Clinton raises $13m in January

The Incredible Campaign - Sunday am wrap up (looks at how the media may call the race tonight)

Obama closes the gap and reinvents politics along the way

A good debate

the battle for Hispanics is joined

Hillary and Florida

On Obama, race and the end of the Southern Strategy

For tonight, 16 of the 24 states voting will have exit polls, meaning that they have the capacity to be called before all the results are in. The other eight states could go very late, making the "calling" of the race a little harder. I will try to get back to everyone on which of the states have exits, but I think they are skipping the caucus states and perhaps some other small ones.

For those who tracked my suggestion that Obama visit NY on the final day - it is the single most delegate rich market in the country - he did hit the market by visiting the Meadowlands yesterday morning. I still think a NY City event would have been dramatic, bold, strong. But it was not to be. To his credit he did not skip the market altogether, but as any NYer knows, New Jersey isn't New York. Although it is the home of the Miracle Giants!

Check out this Super Tuesday overview by Dan Balz. And this excellent overview of the politics of Hispanics by Julia Preston in today's Times.

For those voting today, happy voting.