While Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton rumble in Pennsylvania, John McCain is making a foray to the Keystone State today as well to give a major speech on the economy.

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.

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.

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.

After visiting his high school in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday, John McCain will be in Annapolis, Maryland today, remembering his time in the Naval Academy.

Even as more violence hit Iraq, the three major candidates for President were focusing on what definitely is the number one issue for voters, the economy.

Maybe it's voters re-assessing the Presidential campaign both overall and more specifically on the Democratic side.  Or maybe the back-and-forth between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is having a negative effect on the Democrats.