Super Tuesday has come and gone, and Hillary Clinton and John McCain have come out the winners in the big ticket state of California. Were you surprised by this or any other results from the Super Tuesday election? Share your reactions.

For the first time in decades, California voters are excited that they’ll be casting their ballots while the presidential race is still in play.  It’s a welcome change from years past when California was the political piggy bank, and the race was all but decided by the time voters took to the polls in June.

What makes this election exciting for you? What was your voting experience like at the poll today? 

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The economy's rapid decline in the last few months has caused a turnabout on the presidential campaign trail. Candidates have turned their attention away from the war in Iraq, and instead focused their efforts on telling hard-pressed Americans how they would bolster the slumping economy. Recent polls show Americans have economic anxiety over the halt in job growth, skyrocketing oil prices, teetering stock market and millions of home foreclosures.

How important is a candidate's economic platform to you as a voter? What issue is most important to you this presidential election?

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The race among Republican and Democratic presidential candidates is heating up for the rapidly approaching Tuesday primary in New Hampshire. Clinton and Romney were defeated in last week's Iowa caucuses and are struggling to avoid another major loss. McCain is gaining ground on the Republican side, and polls show Obama leading on the Democratic side.

(Updated January 8, 2008) In a night of comebacks, Sen. John McCain has won New Hampshire's Republican primary, and Sen. Hillary Clinton clung to a narrow lead over Sen. Barack Obama to win the Democratic primary.

What is your reaction?

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Last week, presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a speech to address perceived concerns about his faith in Mormonism. His speech was quickly compared to the one John F. Kennedy delivered when he was a presidential candidate in 1960. In Kennedy's case, the subject was his Roman Catholicism. Kennedy, of course, would soon become this country's first-ever Catholic president.

What does a candidate's religious belief say about what kind of leader he or she would be? Should religion even matter in the race for president?

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Republicans in California are proposing a ballot initiative that would split the state's electoral votes and end the winner-take-all approach -- a change that could dramatically affect the outcome of the 2008 presidential election. The measure would award a single electoral vote to the presidential winner in each of the state's 53 congressional districts and two to the statewide victor. A required 434,000 signatures are needed by Dec. 1 to get the initiative on the June ballot. (You can read some background on this in Gloria Penner's October 1st blog post.)

Republicans say the proposal is aimed at attracting presidential candidates to campaign in California --something they rarely do because the statewide vote usually leans Democratic. Opponents call the proposal an attempt to steal Democratic votes.

What do you think? Is this an attempt to steal the presidential election or a much-needed electoral reform?

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There's a lot of talk in the blogosphere about the story on MSNBC.com that lists 143 journalists who have made recent campaign contributions. Some believe the story is another example of media bias, and say journalists should not be allowed to donate money to political candidates because there's too much potential for conflict of interest. Others think that since journalists can vote, they should also have the right to make financial contributions to the candidates of their choice.

What do you think?

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After nearly 220 years of white male presidents, there is a possibility the next elected commander in chief could change that pattern. Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who is black, and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, a woman, are the two Democratic front-runners in nationwide polls. Although women and blacks have made significant progress in winning office - the new Congress includes 43 black members and 71 women - the issues of race and gender have been prominent throughout the campaign.

What do you think? Are Americans ready to put a black man or a woman in charge of the country?

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A national discussion has sparked over whether presidential hopeful John Edwards, and his wife Elizabeth, have made the right decision to forge ahead in their second bid for the White House, despite Elizabeth's recurrence of incurable stage 4 breast cancer -- this time in her bones. In an interview with 60 Minutes, correspondent Katie Couric asked the couple about some of their choices involved, including whether Edwards can run for president while caring for his wife and family at the same time, and if Edwards could be president without being distracted by his wife's illness. Both of the Edwards stated they are optimistic about their future, and they will stick with their plans to campaign vigorously for the democratic presidential nomination.

What do you think? Do you agree with John Edwards' decision to stay in the race for president?

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