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After some time away from the computer (it was a three-day holiday in the US) I'm back blogging the US presidential race looking at tonight's Wisconsin primary.

No contest on the Republican Party side as Sen. John McCain, from Arizona, the presumptive nominee, is poised to win that state's primary election putting him within shouting distance of his party's nomination. RealClearPolitics.com has the Arizona senator with 846 out of the 1120 needed to win.

Over on the Democratic Party side in the struggle between Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the exit polls are indicating a good night (again) for the Illinoisan.

If he wins (and those polls are suggesting it could be in blowout territory) that could make it ten in a row for him and really put Sen. Clinton on the spot to not just win, but win convincingly in the next series of races in Texas and Ohio.

Polls indicate leads for Sen. Clinton in Texas and Ohio but once large margins are narrowing. If Sen. Obama wins in Wisconsin (and in Hawaii where he was born which is also voting tonight along with a followup primary in Washington State to an earlier caucus), the tide may be too much to overcome.

I'll post the totals and projections as I get them; polls will be open for awhile yet.