Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry scored lopsided victories in the Idaho caucuses and Utah primaries Tuesday, and looked for more good fortune in the Hawaii contest, the last before a climactic 10-state round next week.

Kerry outpaced North Carolina Sen. John Edwards 68 percent to 20 percent with more than half the results in from the Idaho race. With three-quarters of the precincts reporting from Utah, Kerry led Edwards 54-30.

The night’s three races were little more than blips on the political calendar. The candidates are focused on the coming Super Tuesday prizes, and Kerry is already looking beyond the nomination fight and tangling with President Bush.

The fourth-term Massachusetts senator fired back at Bush earlier in the day, depicting him as a “walking contradiction” who has presided over job losses, a deficit increase and frayed international alliances despite promises to the contrary.

Bush had opened up on him a day before in his most partisan remarks of the campaign. Edwards reminded the president that the race for the Democratic nomination was not over.

“Not so fast, George Bush,” said Kerry’s sole remaining major rival. “You don’t get to decide who our nominee is.”

Taken together, the exchanges underscored the state of the race for the White House — Bush able to concentrate his energy on the general election, with Kerry eager to do the same and Edwards struggling to sustain his own candidacy.

Kerry, held a large and growing lead in the Democratic delegate chase, with 632 in the Associated Press count to 190 for Edwards, going into the night’s three contests. A total of 61 delegates were at stake.

Results from Hawaii were not expected until this morning.

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