Week 4 Stories

From CNN

1. One stroy they talked about was how Obama must convince superdelegates that he is still a winner in order to get them to still get behind him after the loss in Pennsylvania.

2. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said once again that she would not consider it a good idea for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to join tickets to run against John McCain in November, and that it would be important for them to choose their own VP candidates.

3. Senator John McCain blasted the Bush adminitration and all levels of government for the poor response following Hurricane Katrina, and promised that as President there will never be another mismanaged natural disaster.

4. In Jeremiah Wright's first television interview since clips of his controversial sermons circulated the Internet, Barack Obama's former pastor says his words were unfairly taken out of context for 'devious' reasons.'

5. A new Pew Research Center poll showed that many voters feel that the Presidential Primary race has become "too long," "too negative," or in some instances, "dull."

6. CNN's Wolf Blitzer reported that as primary season is beginning to wind down, and with the Conventions looming, it is becoming crunch time for Democratic superdelegates to get their vote behind a candidate.

7. President Bush and his wife Laura have endorsed John McCain for his presidential bid, but daughter Laura is not so sure. Admitting that she has been so busy studying that she hasn't had much time to pay attention to the race so far, she said she is not 100% sure who she wants to vote for yet.

8. Oregon Rep. David Wu said Thursday he will cast his superdelegate vote for Barack Obama. Wu, a five term congressman, is one of the party's nearly 800 superdelegates who will ultimately decide who gets the Democratic presidential nomination.

9. Sen. Hillary Clinton is arguing that she is ahead of rival Sen. Barack Obama when it comes to the popular vote. "I'm very proud that as of today, I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anyone else," Clinton said Wednesday, one day after her decisive win in Pennsylvania.

10. After weeks of verbal brawling, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and James Carville spoke for the first time on CNN’s Larry King Live Wednesday night. Richardson – now a supporter of Barack Obama – called Hillary Clinton backers like Carville ‘a dynasty’ that is ‘clinging to the throne.’ The CNN contributor defended calling Richardson a ‘Judas’ in a New York Times interview after the governor announced his endorsement of Obama.