DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: The next big battleground in the campaign: Super Tuesday. And as part of our countdown to Super Tuesday, MORNING NEWS anchors Daryn Kagan and Bill Hemmer are on the road, profiling some of the key battleground states. And Bill joins us this morning from the biggest battleground of Super Tuesday, California. He is in Los Angeles. Good morning, Bill.</s>BILL HEMMER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donna, good morning to you back in Atlanta. California is very important to the candidates in Election 2000. Many believe, if you want to win the White House, you have to win here in the Golden State. California is enormous; it is very diverse. Some suggest that if it were its own country it would have the eighth- largest economy in the world. To show you just how big: 34 million people live here; of that 34 million, 23 are potential voters. And experts indicate that next Tuesday, the seventh of March, it could be a record turnout for those 23 million potential voters. Also on the delegate count, it is extremely important. On the Republicans, 162 delegates, winner-take-all here; that's nearly 20 percent needed for the entire nomination. For the Democrats, 434 delegates at stake; that includes the super-delegates dished out here on the West Coast. But to win in California, the moderate politician has been winning here for almost 20 years now. Experts tell us, if a candidate wants to win now, one must stay away from the extremes.</s>DICK ROSENGARTEN, POLITICAL ANALYST: California likes its politicians and its elected leaders right in the center.</s>SHERRY BEBITCH JEFFE, POLITICAL ANALYST: You cannot be on the extremes and put together a winning coalition.</s>LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: All right, thank you, Bill.
Super Tuesday Battlegrounds: McCain, Bush to Campaign in California