From there it's 6-weeks off for both parties before the race resumes in late April in Pennsylvania.Barack Obama is looking at the campaign ahead after Tuesday's results, which saw him losing 3 of the 4 state contests including the big ones of Texas and Ohio. But Obama is still leading in the delegate count, states won, and the overall popular vote. He says, unlike Hillary Clinton, he can compete all across the country.

"We will not be cherry picking which states we deem important, because our attitude is every state is important, and by taking that approach, I'm pretty confident that we're gonna end up with more delegates, having won more states, won more primaries, won more caucuses and have more of the popular vote" Obama said.

Obama's advisers are also calling into question the Clintons' personal finances and why candidate Clinton has not released her income tax return.

Candidate Clinton is looking strong in the big states. Clinton says she's competitive where you need to be; saying winning the big states is important to getting the nomination and also the White House. She also says now that Republicans have their nominee it's time for the Democrats to choose one.

"...Now that Senator McCain is clearly the nominee, Democratic voters are taking their decision very seriously and that works to my benefit" Clinton said.

Clinton might be pointing to appearances on talks shows as part of her success leading up to her 3 victories on Tuesday. And while the winner on the Democratic side is still months away,she did talk about choosing vice presidents.

"Both of us have been asked the question and obviously it's premature for either of us to address it but you know there's a lot of interest in that. Many Democrats are hoping for that. We have to sort through this nominating process to see who ends up as the nominee but we're going to put together a winning ticket. The most important thing is to win in November. And that's certainly what I'm committed to doing" said Clinton.

"It's been my honor to welcome my friend, John McCain, as the nominee of the Republican Party" President Bush announced.

John McCain is looking at vice president choices.

"I didn't think it was appropriate to contemplate this process until after we had secured the nomination of the party...Now we'll begin that process" said McCain.

Mike Huckabee, who conceded to McCain this week, said he doesn't think McCain will ask him, but that he has no plans for the future.President Bush, while waiting in the White House Rose Garden to formally endorse McCain, made a little news of his own.

You could say spring fever is coming a little early at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, as the president busted a move. And speaking of Pennsylvania, voters in that state go to the polls in nearly 7-weeks. In what is the next big contest for the candidates.