I apologize for a short diary, but there is some news breaking in Ohio and Texas that might signal the Obama campaign's intention to try to end the primary race on March 4th.

Public Policy Polling releases new New York primary poll.

837 primary voters polled 1/29. MOE +/- 3.4%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/...

Clinton 45
Obama 33
Edwards 10

Reuters has the lede.

Link

Hotline seems to be the first pollster in a month to include John Edwards in General Election Head-to-Heads.  

Obama beats all 4 GOP candidates, including a staggering 30-point lead over Mitt. All 3 Democratic challengers look great (9 point margins or greater) against Huckabee, Giuliani and Romney.

RCP Latest Poll Summary

I don't do diaries often, but I thought it might be entertaining and slightly informative to see what some people outside the country made of last night's results.

According to the Des Moines Register, 50 members of the House have signed a letter urging Bush to appoint Jim Leach as the next UN Ambassador. The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and Rep. Jim Walsh (R-New York), states that Leach would be confirmed unanimously if brought to a House vote.

As with many other House members I'm sure, the vote for House Majority Leader was a difficult one for Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR).

ABC News is reporting that John McCain has begun the process for a 2008 White House run.

If we freeze all the races in the House as they sit right now, I believe the final margin would be 232-203. A remarkable swing, but is there room for even more gains?

What if we saw Tuesday's results not as a wave, but as an earthquake? A seismic shift in the electoral makeup of Congress. In that broader environment, 2008 gives us a great opportunity to follow up the landscape-shaking initial earthquake with a sizable aftershock.