POTOMAC PRIMARY TODAY-- IF YOU'RE IN MARYLAND YOU CAN VOTE FOR OBAMA AND EDWARDS AT THE SAME TIME

There are already predictions that record numbers of Democrats will turn out to vote in today's Potomac Primary-- contests in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. There's huge excitement in the air with people enthusiastic about both presidential candidates and a few Republicans are expected to make it to the polls here and there as well, though there is no enthusiasm for their presumptive nominee who is basically running on "100 more years of war in Iraq" and "I'm sorry for not being enough of an extremist in the past; I'll make up for it from now on."

Officials in parts of Virginia have received a record number of absentee ballots, a key barometer of turnout. In Fairfax County, the state's largest jurisdiction, requests for Democratic absentee ballots have more than tripled over 2004. "Saturday was one of our busiest absentee voting days for any election, not just for any primary," said Jackie Harris, the Fairfax general registrar.

In Maryland, Democratic leaders predicted that turnout in the party could reach 1 million voters, shattering the record. Four years ago, about 470,000 Democrats voted in the primary. The record is about 596,000 in 1976, when Jerry Brown defeated Jimmy Carter in the state.

"Voter turnout among all voters is going to skyrocket," said David Paulson, spokesman for the Maryland Democratic Party.

With the race between Hillary and Obama still tight-- mostly because of party insiders (superdelegates) trying to game the system for the Clinton Machine-- grassroots Democrats tomorrow feel they can push Obama over the finish-line. "Enough of the Clintons and Bushes already," said one Maryland voter. "Let's give someone else a chance."

Dan Balz posits 8 questions about what today's primaries could mean on a broader scope, starting with whether it makes Obama the front-runner if he sweeps to victory in them like expected.

And there is also a key congressional race in MD-04 pitting grassroots fave Donna Edwards against a third rate corporate hack backed by the Democratic Party Establishment, Al Wynn. As Matt Stoller pointed out this weekend, there has been a gigantic influx of corporate cash flooding into Wynn's coffers at the last minute. And what do you think that money is for? And why do you think companies like Foundation Coal, Verizon, Reliant Energy, Allegheny Energy, American Electric Power, American Healthcare Association, BankAmerica, Cisco Systems, Coventry Health Care, Dell Inc, Dominion PAC, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Genesis Healthcare Corporation, Healthcare Distribution Management Assocation, National Association of Broadcasters, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, US Chamber of Commerce, Comcast Corp., GlaxoSmithKline, Safeway, and Northrop Grumman are dumping money into Wynn's lap? He's proven a loyal servant in the past and they know he will always serve their interests and always screw over his own constituents on their behalf without a second thought. Watch Donna speaking about the synergy between her campaign and Obama's. Like Obama, Donna doesn't accept corporate PAC money. Wynn's entire career is based on it-- and yet he's handing out these "official ballot" flyers trying to associate his corrupt and hack politics with Obama's crusade.