Semi-Super Saturday

Catching up on weekend politics, there are several primaries and caucuses being contested this Saturday:

Republicans:

Louisiana--Primary--not open to independents, 47 delegates
Washington--Caucus--40 delegates
Kansas--Primary--not open to independents, 39 delegates

Democrats:

Washington--Caucus--97 delegates
Lousiana--Primary, not open to independents, 66 delegates
Nebraska--Primary, open to independents, 31 delegates

Currently, the delegate totals, according to RealClearPolitics:

Republicans:

Sen. John McCain, 724; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 281, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, 196, Rep. Ron Paul, 14.

Gov. Romney dropped out of the race on Thursday, leaving Gov. Huckabee and Cong. Paul still running, but for all intents and purposes, Sen. McCain is the Republican Party nominee.

Democrats:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1076; Sen. Barack Obama, 1015.

After this weekend's contests, there are a series of primaries in the Washington, D.C. area (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia) that augur well for the candidacy of Sen. Obama; following that is delegate selection in several states highlighted on March 4 (the date presidents used to be inaugurated) by Texas and Ohio where Sen. Clinton could do well.

Pennsylvania, another state where Sen. Clinton is expected to do well votes on April 22. That contest could be affected by the results that go before so we'll watch that one.

After Pennsylvania, there are fewer delegates available in the eight states left to vote.

I'll try and have the results from Saturday's contests up later.

This is getting very interesting on the Democratic side; the Republican side is pretty much over.