With the primary campaign season racing past us, there is a lot of information to sort out and a lot of spin to unwind. If you are unfamiliar with the nominating process, CNN has clear and accurate explanations of how Republicans and Democrats choose their presidential nominees. A consistently confusing part of the process is the role of delegates--What are they? Who are they? How do they function differently for Democrats and Republicans? This CNN site should clear things up for you. It's helpful, too, to have a good clearinghouse of opinion, analysis, and data like Real Clear Politics. If you're not sure what to believe, check out Fact Check, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania that places sound bites, opinion polls, and statistics in their proper contexts.
On the Republican side, Mitt Romney's withdrawal from the race may seem like a concession to John McCain, but it might be more important for McCain that Mike Huckabee stay in the race. Nevertheless, Saturday's results (as well as this interview) suggest Huckabee isn't going to roll over for McCain. On the Democratic side, pundits have identified Latino voters as the group that will decide the nominee, but these observers falsely assume this group will clearly side with one candidate. In the Los Angeles Times, a young Latina voter shows how complicated things can be even within one family.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-oe-munoz2feb02,0,1138667.story
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