After months of nonstop cable TV chatter and a political story line worthy of an Aaron Sorkin parallel universe, it's finally time for the country to start picking its presidential nominees. But this time might be different: Californians' votes could really count for the first time in decades.
As the Iowa caucuses scheduled for today and the early primaries that follow begin to shape one of the most unpredictable presidential contests in years, California's political junkies are licking their chops about the possible impact the state's huge cache of delegates could have come June.
