It was a weekend of stark contrasts for the two campaigns. While Clinton replaced her campaign manager, Obama completed a weekend sweep with double-digit victories in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington, Maine and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The exclamation point: Obama won a Grammy Award on Sunday night for the spoken-word rendition of his book "The Audacity of Hope," beating four nominees -- including former President Clinton.

Obama is considered a favorite in Feb. 19 contests in Hawaii, where he attended high school, and Wisconsin.

Although Clinton narrowly lost Missouri on Super Tuesday, she did well in the rural counties with residents who mirror Virginia's more-conservative Democratic voters, such as those who live in Winchester.

Former U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr., a long-time Winchester resident whose family held the "Old Dominion" Senate seat for more than 50 years, said he expects Obama to win Virginia.

"As a new political personality, that he has gotten such wide acclaim so fast is surprising," Byrd said by phone from his office at The Winchester Star, a newspaper that has been in his family for more than 100 years. "A lot of that build-up is due to the news media, but a lot of that has to do with him as well. He has made for himself a good campaign."