It's going to take something big to knock the controversy over Barack Obama's "bitter" small town comments out of the minds of the media right now.

We've talked a lot this year about relying too much on the polls in the Democratic race, as they've been all over the place at times. With the Pennsylvania primary a week away, which poll do you believe?

Tuesday brought another poll from the Keystone State that indicated the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is tightening.

As Iraq War Commander General David Petraeus goes before two U.S. Senate committees today, it will be difficult not to think about this day in political terms, as all three Senators running for President return for a day focused on Iraq.

As Senators John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama return for hearings today on the Iraq war with commanding General David Petraeus, put on your strategy hat for a moment, and let's think about what you want to achieve from your few hours back at your day job.

If you were too busy to check the news, the weekend didn't bring any significant changes in the Democratic race for the White House.

While the Iraq War has been playing Second Fiddle to the economy in recent months in the Congress, that will change this week as Iraq War Commander General David Petraeus goes before lawmakers for hearings.

It was a weekend filled with lots of little things that will have insane campaign insiders talking, while most voters in America will be more worried about who is going to get booted off of American Idol this week instead.

Extending his financial advantage over Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama brought in over $40 million in contributions in March, giving him $131 million in the first three months of 2008.

To realize how important the Federal Reserve's intervention was to save the investment bank Bear Stearns from collapse, you simply had to have your television on CNBC Thursday.