Big Mo + VBM = Obama Win in California?

Can the combination of momentum and voting-by-mail combine in California to move the state's Democratic primary votes to Sen. Barrack Obama?

Any California registered voter may vote by absentee ballot. You do not have to be "absent" or "out of town on election day" to vote by mail in California. You may vote an absentee ballot just because you want to. (For further information, read here.)

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that more than 44 percent of California's 16 million registered voters are expected to vote by mail. Ballots are scheduled to arrive in voters mailboxes early next week. California is among two dozen states holding its primary on Super Tuesday, February 5.

Most mail-in voters submit their ballots in either the first week after they receive them or the week before the election, analysts say, so an Obama victory in Iowa -- and potentially one in New Hampsire -- along with the media buzz could be a boon to Obama in the Golden State.