With the counts still pouring in, its shaping up to be a big night for Arizona Senator John McCain and Illinois Senator Barack Obama.  On the Republican side, John McCain appears to have held off a strong charge from Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in Virginia.  The Democrats have overwhelmingly handed Senator Clinton another stinging blow - and all of the sudden, Barack Obama has won eight primaries in a row.

In his victory speech from Wisconsin, Obama started to prep the rhetorical battlefield against John McCain, paying due homage to the “American war hero” before laying out the differences between the two men - “100 years in Iraq” versus immediate surrender, continued tax relief or massive tax hikes, and more personal freedom or more centralized federal government. 

Obama is already looking toward the autumn campaign, though Hillary Clinton is certain to have more to say about that.