On Tuesday Kentucky and Oregon will weigh into the prolonged fight for the Democratic nomination, and while it’s typical that candidates hold their “victory” rallies in one of the states where voters have made their pick, the Obama campaign announced today their candidate will speak at an outdoor rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Of course Iowa is the state that first made an Obama nomination possible when a majority of Iowans caucused for him on January 3rd.

Tuesday is also the day when Barack Obama is expected to have a majority of the pledged delegates up for grabs, and while some have speculated this is tantamount to an Obama victory, the Democratic frontrunner has said he would not declare the race over. When asked about it just a few days ago, Obama would only say, “We will declare that we have the majority of pledged delegates.”

But actions speak louder than words - looking more and more like the presumptive nominee, the candidate will return to the state the campaign described as “a critical general election state that Democrats must win in November.”