At this point, most of us have caucused or voted.  There is no point in defending our preferred candidate.  There will be a winner soon enough, and I won't presume to predict who that winner will be.  Yes, I know that it looks like it will be Obama right now, but HRC has fought her way back before and I don't rule out the possibility of it happening again.  At the end of the day, I don't care.  I will support our nominee regardless.

If you live in one of the tiny hand full of states who are undecided, or if you are talking to an undecided democrat from one of those states, by all means promote your candidate.  However, I would like to honor the fact that both Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama have fought the good fight.  Both of them have many, many devoted supporters.  The nominee cannot win without the other candidate's supporters.

This is infuriating. Remember the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act I wrote about yesterday? Basically, it would reverse a previous U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has made it harder for women to sue their employers for pay discrimination. The bill was named after Lilly Ledbetter, a former Good Year tires manager who was consistently paid less than her male co-workers for the exact same work.

Well, the bill came up for a vote yesterday and was filibustered by Republicans. All of the Democrats and six Republicans voted to stop the filibuster, but they came up short by three votes, according to Ms. magazine. If you need more evidence that "maverick" Republican John McCain is no good for women voters, he did not show up for the vote while both Senators Clinton and Obama were there to try to break the filibuster.

Both Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama came back from campaigning to speak for passage of the Fair Pay Act and to vote to end the filibuster. Meanwhile, Republican John McCain remained campaigning in Louisiana. According to the New York Times, McCain said to reporters that he "would have opposed the bill since it could contribute to frivolous lawsuits harmful to business."

"Someone should tell McCain and the Senate Republican leadership that before the 2007 Supreme Court decision, this bill was the law of the land protecting women, people of color, older, and disabled workers from wage discrimination," said Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority. "We are determined to pass the Lilly Ledbetter bill and to restore the Civil Rights act of 1964 from this orchestrated business attack."

Sen. Majority leader Harry Reid and the Dems have avowed to break the filibuster and will re-introduce the bill. In the meantime, women and party activists recommend you contact your senators -- especially if they oppose the bill.

UPDATE: Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in Nevada while Barack Obama won more delegates, according to the Nation. The race for the Democratic nomination continues...

On the Republican side, Mitt "Mittons" Romney easily won, although it appears he will lose in South Carolina to Mike Huckabee or John McCain.

Here is all you need to know about the Nevada caucuses, which are being held in January for the first time ever, giving Nevadans more input on the presidential race, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Both fields are wide open so should make for some interesting television.

The results will be in early, too: 1 p.m. for the Republicans and 2 p.m. for the Democrats.

The South Carolina Republican primary is also taking place today, although polls don't close until 7 p.m. EDT. Happy watching all!