The (Old) Firm Favourite

Is it just me or are American Primaries becoming more like Old Firm games?

I don't mean the petulant name-calling, I don't mean the sudden moments of drama when you realise someone's pulled it out the bag at the 11th hour (that's a lot of injury time!).

No, I simply mean that each one seems to be billed as the most important showdown since, well, the last one!

But this time, I think they really mean it. I am sure Hillary will fight on if she happens to lose one or either of these states but you can't put a Hershey Bar between the two Democractic candidates and I'm not going to try to call how either state will go.

To add more confusion to the stakes, it turns out there is a larger than expected independent turn-out for these primaries. Would Republicans turn up to vote for whoever they think is most likely to lose against John McCain? And if so, which candidate would that even be!?

I genuinely have butterflies thinking about the results of these contests. I so want Obama to win through; he's got charisma, talent, optimism...

And if he had played Barcelona in the Nou Camp tonight I bet he would have stuffed them 5-0!