c_twan 2008-2-10 08:09 AM
US voters swing back into action
Voters in four US states are having their say on who should be the next presidential candidates.
Democratic hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remain neck and neck and are battling for every vote.
Analysts say none of these polls will be decisive, but they will indicate if either received a Super Tuesday bounce.
For the Republicans, Mike Huckabee has won the Kansas caucus - but he still stands no chance of catching front-runner John McCain.
The third remaining Republican Ron Paul, is also trailing badly.
The BBC's James Coomarasamy says Mr McCain has the Republican party's nomination for the White House virtually sewn up, especially after Mitt Romney suspended his presidential campaign on Thursday.
Mr Huckabee and Mr Paul may now come under pressure to step aside for the sake of party unity, our correspondent says.
For his part, Mr Huckabee said on Saturday that he had no intention of quitting.
"Am I quitting? Let's get that settled right now. No, I'm not," he was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
The Republican party is also holding votes in Washington state and Louisiana on Saturday.
Going into the contests, Mr McCain had a wide lead with 719 delegates, Mr Huckabee 198 and Mr Paul 14.
Mr Romney's suspended campaign still has 298 delegates.
On the Democratic side, Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton are facing the prospect of a long drawn-out battle after neither was able to deliver a knock-out blow in Super Tuesday's 22 state contests.
Fight for funds
The two Democrats face three state contests on Saturday - a primary in Louisiana and caucuses in Washington state and Nebraska. The US Virgin Islands are also holding a caucus.
Both Mrs Clinton and Mr Obama were campaigning in Washington state on Thursday and Friday - the biggest prize of the weekend with 78 delegates.
At present Mrs Clinton has won 1,055 delegates and Mr Obama has 998 out of the 2,025 needed to secure victory at the Democratic party convention in August.
As well as fighting for every vote, the candidates are also jostling for funds.
The Obama campaign says it has raised $7m (£3.6m) since Tuesday.
The Clinton camp is now claiming a similar fund raising bump, gaining $6.4m. They earlier admitted that the former first lady had lent her campaign $5m to paper over what aides called a "temporary cash flow problem".
