To: American Spirit who wrote (4717 ) 3/1/2004 9:28:43 PM From: ChinuSFO Respond to of 81568 Tuesday looks super for Kerry Front-runner poised to rout rival Edwards Kerry speaks at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Monday. MSNBC staff and news service reports Updated: 4:04 p.m. ET March 01, 2004Tuesday is looking super for Sen. John Kerry with the latest polls showing the front-runner for the Democratic nomination poised to rout his chief rival, Sen. John Edwards, in most of the 10 of the states where voting will occur. With 1,151 delegates on the line, more than half the number needed to capture the nomination, the candidates entered the final day of campaigning for the biggest event of the nominating season. Here’s the latest from Tuesday’s key voting states: New York: Kerry holds a 54-point lead in a Marist Poll released Monday. The Massachusetts senator has climbed to 69 percent among likely voters in the race for 236 delegates while Edwards draws just 15 percent. California: There are 370 delegates at stake. Kerry leads by 30 to 40 points in most recent polls. Ohio: It’s Kerry by more than 20 points in the contest for 140 delegates, according to an American Research Group poll from last week. New England: Kerry is running so strong in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, which together offer another 163 delegates, that he isn’t even bothering to campaign there. Georgia: In polls released last week, Kerry led by 8 and 16 points. Even in his native South, Edwards appears to have little chance of winning the majority of the 86 delegates up for grabs. Maryland: Kerry has a 13-point lead in a poll from last week. Sixty-nine delegates are on the line. ...contd at msnbc.msn.com