3:20 p.m. MSNBC: and things are hotting up re West Virginia. As Dan Abrams notes, the Romney campaign has issued a release accusing John McCain of a "backroom deal" that apparently won Mike Huckabee the WV caucuses:

"Unfortunately, this is what Senator McCain's inside Washington ways look like: he cut a backroom deal with the tax-and-spend candidate he thought could best stop Governor Romney's campaign of conservative change.

"Governor Romney had enough respect for the Republican voters of West Virginia to make an appeal to them about the future of the party based on issues. This is why he led on today's first ballot. Sadly, Senator McCain cut a Washington backroom deal in a way that once again underscores his legacy of working against Republicans who are interested in championing conservative policies and rebuilding the party."

It wd be nice to know what the deal, if any, was. Tom Brokaw now up, at MSNBC, says that the outcome of today's contests may not be clear. Brokaw joins me and the rest of the 25 percent in a poll on this question, posted at cnn.com.

3:25 p.m. Abrams announces the most recent opinion poll in California: shows Barack Obama up 49 percent to Hillary Clinton 36 percent, in CALIFORNIA. As Brokaw notes,  the Clinton campaign had lined up much of the CA establishment early, incl Sen. Dianne Feinstein.