If you did, the results show that it didn’t happen.

Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have split states. Clinton gets New York, with hundreds of delegates. Obama gets Georgia and Illinois. And so on. Sen. John McCain, Gov. Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney have also split a number of states.

Did you expect more closure on a night when 24 states were casting primary ballots? Were you hoping to get a clearer idea about who the parties would nominate as their standard-bearer?

Are you disappointed — or heartened — by any of the results of Super Tuesday? And what…

The reports are out: Former Sen. John Edwards is dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president. Unable to win any of the primary states up to this point, finishing far behind in Florida, and likely running out of money, he’s gone as of noon today (St. Louis time).

According to the AP story on the subject:

The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate in what is now a two-person race for the Democratic nomination, said one adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the announcement. Both candidates would welcome Edwards’ backing…

With last week’s announcement by Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt that he would not seek re-election, the field of potential candidates has widened with several state officer holders either throwing their hat in the ring, or they’re seriously considering a run.

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Treasurer Sarah Steelman, have all taken the leap to declare their intentions. But other high-profile names are also considering a run.

Names like U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway of St. Louis, Senate Majority Leader Charlie Shields of St. Joseph and House Speaker Rod Jetton of Marble Hill — are also considering a run….

How’d your candidate do on Thursday night?

After seemingly dozens of debates all over This Great Land of Ours, thousands of miles of video tape and millions of gallons of ink dedicated to the 2008 presidential election…

People are finally actually making decisions. The Iowa caucuses are tonight. Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee took the prize for the Democrats and Republicans respectively.

The big news four years ago was Howard Dean’s Big Yelp after finishing third in the caucuses — when some thought he might win in Iowa. Right or wrong, the early races — Iowa and New Hampshire — make a…

As the Rev. Scott Weldon of Marshfield, Mo., said in his blog back in September, “Rarely do we find, in this day and age, a political candidate who claims to be a Christian, and by all appearances actually backs it up with his life!”

As pointed out in a story for Friday’s Post-Dispatch, Huckabee vs. Romney is a matter of faith for some, Rev. Weldon has been way out in front of Mike Huckabee’s surge that pushed the former Arkansas governor past Mitt Romney in the Iowa polls last weekend.

While some conservative evangelical Christians fret about Huckabee’s electability, support…