There will be plenty of trends to track in Tuesday?s free-for-all, as 43 contests in 24 states allocate 3,156 delegates on what could be the most significant day of the race to date.
Some analysts see consumers? shift toward thrift as a cultural inflection point, one with huge implications for an economy driven largely by consumer spending.
AP - Buoyed by cheering crowds and bolstered by more than $1.3 million a day in TV ads, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton raced through the final hours of an unpredictable Super Tuesday campaign across 22 states. The Republican race turned negative on the eve of the busiest day in primary history.
AP - Republican John McCain assailed Mitt Romney's conservative credentials on the eve of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, going on national television with a new campaign ad that claims Romney "was against Ronald Reagan before he was for him."
AP - A hidden-camera interview with a Dutch student saying missing teenager Natalee Holloway was dead and that he had a friend dump her body at sea is admissible in court, the chief Aruban prosecutor said Monday.
On video, Joran van der Sloot says he "didn't lose a minute of sleep" over knowing Natalee Holloway's motionless body had been dumped at sea. In the video, van der Sloot said he was with the Alabama teen on an Aruban beach when she apparently died and that a friend with a boat disposed of Holloway's body.
Republican front-runner John McCain is hoping to maintain his strong momentum going into Super Tuesday, while rival Mitt Romney is telling voters in his final push that he is the conservative alternative to McCain. Mike Huckabee, meanwhile, is shooting down Romney's suggestion that he drop out.
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