Top Five Stories for Week 1

Carrying Primary Scars into the General Election

This article discusses historical examples of bitter primary battles like the one this year between Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama, that have eventually led to that party losing the general election. Thie biggest example was President Carter vs. Edward Kennedy, in which they had a prolonged and bitter battle that ultimately ended up in a loss in November. Many Democrats are worried that the same thing will happen this November if the primary battle is not resolved soon.

(James Cole)

TIME magazine
McCain, Obama and Clinton will have a chance to ask Army Gen. David Petraues questions about the Iraq war on Tuesday during his assessment of the Iraq war. McCain and Clinton are on the Armed Services Committee, while Obama is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee.

(Jessica Edmisten)

Obama Trims Clinton's Lead in Pa. By Devlin Barrett and Beth Fouhy, Seattle Times
Barack Obama was endorsed Wednesday by a labor union and two Democratic superdelegates, as a poll showed he has cut Hillary Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania almost in half since mid-February as he strives to deny her a victory in the state's presidential primary.

(Ashley Trbovich)

NPR Radio

March 27th
Although Senator John McCain supports staying in the war with Iraq, he does not agree with many of President Bush's current policies. He very much wants to regain the collaborative efforts of our foreign allies. He resents the fact that we did not take our foreign friends' ideas into account before going to war without them. He believes that the U.S. cannot lead by power alone.

(Carrie Potter)

In Annapolis Maryland, John Mccain had a speech at the naval academy that he graduated from 50 years ago. He spilled the beans that he had a list of names of about 20 running mates he is considering. James Dobson, a prominent conservative criticized Mccain of not unifying the Republican Party and not drawing conservatives into his fold.

(Jeff Kieburtz)