The Democrats divided

Potomac primary
Signs for Sen. Barack Obama fill the back window of a car heading toward Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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While Republican presidential candidate John McCain hopes the Potomac primaries will help him shore up conservative support and put an end to Mike Huckabee's campaign, the Democratic race remains a tossup between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

The party nomination could be decided by a small group of superdelegates, or the Democrats could be headed for a brokered convention.

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