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 News from Around the Americas | February 2008 
Rival Democrats Clutch Their State Prizes, and Look to Collect a Few More
 Jeff Zeleny & Julie Bosman - New York Times
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| | It was an evening of close and unpredictable results with Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama trading victories across the country. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) | | |
A coast-to-coast series of primaries and caucuses Tuesday ended with one definitive conclusion for Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama: The show will go on.
As the Democratic presidential candidates crowed over the states they won from different regions of the country, with Mrs. Clinton claiming a patch of the South and Mr. Obama seizing a swath of the Rocky Mountain West, they began recalibrating for a new phase of the nominating fight. Even as they counted their delegates, they sought to learn lessons and build upon the results as the race returns to a somewhat less-frenzied pace of campaigning.
"After seven years of a president who listens only to the special interests, you're ready for a president who brings your voice, your values and your dreams to your White House," Mrs. Clinton said to cheering supporters in New York. "Tonight, in record numbers, you voted not just to make history, but to remake America."
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McCain Dominates Big States
Michael D. Shear & Peter Baker - Washington Post
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| | Sen. John McCain racked up victories Tuesday in key states including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but continues to be locked in a tight battle for California with his closest rival, former Gov. Mitt Romney. (Shaun Best/Reuters) |
Huckabee, Romney stay alive as they score wins in the South and West.
Sen. John McCain surged closer toward the Republican nomination yesterday by capturing the biggest Super Tuesday states, including California, but failed to knock out his rivals, who deprived him of victories across GOP strongholds in the South and West.
As millions of Republicans went to the polls in 21 states, the senator from Arizona racked up hundreds of delegates on the strength of winner-take-all primaries in the Northeast and elsewhere. But his inability to win in more than half of the states voting yesterday complicated his hopes of rallying the party behind his candidacy.
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee scored a surprising sweep of his native South, while former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney picked up a number of states in the West but fell short in critical battlegrounds that would have established him as McCain's primary challenger. Huckabee and Romney vowed last night to stay in the race as it moves to Virginia, Maryland and the District on Tuesday.
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