McCain and Romney Fighting for Votes in California and Elsewhere

We are less than a week away from Super Tuesday, probably one of the biggest days in the Presidential primaries. It is the day when Republicans and Democrats both try desperately to gain states as the primaries go national. For example, it is on that day that California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and others will open their polls. And it’s these states that are really going to help make or break a candidate. South Carolina is important. New Hampshire is also important. But in the end, having the most delegates is incredibly necessary.

But, the interesting thing to see now, though, is which states each of the candidates are hoping to gain. John McCain gained two endorsements this week, one being Giuliani after losing in Florida and today, Thursday, Governor Schwarzenegger from California endorsed McCain, giving him two very big backers. Schwarzenegger is firmly against partisanship and he said that McCain was such a firm believer in bipartisanship, making him an ideal candidate. But, another thing that this could do is give McCain a win in California. But, Romney isn’t backing down. He continues to dig deep into his pocket, spending his own money to buy tons of advertising.

As I said before, though, the states that each candidate is looking to gain is incredibly interesting. McCain is focusing his energy on those high delegate states such as New York, New Jersey, Missouri, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Massachusetts is Romney’s home state, so he naturally is looking to gain that, but he will also focus heavily on Utah where Mormonism (his religion) is strong, as well as in Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia to name a few.

There are some worries for the Romney campaign, though. On Saturday, Romney will need to attend the funeral of Gordon Hinckley, the former President and Prophet of the church that Romney belongs to. The problem with this is that he has received some negative support because of his Mormon beliefs. With him going to a Mormon funeral only days before the election, people are saying that it might have negative effects on the election as the news reports on it more and more.

Both sides are in desperate need for money and both are going to be fundraising hard to raise the money to get some more advertising. But, in the end, no one can really predict who is going to win. Super Tuesday is five days away. In five days, I will be allowed to vote for someone since I am from New York. It’ll be incredibly interesting to see the events unfold in the next week.