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The 2008 Democratic presidential nomination contest is finally winding down, and the process may have left Barack Obama better off.

Both Republicans and Democrats agree:  If shipments to the strategic petroleum reserve were halted, the oil would flow into the open market. The  President feels effect would be negligible.

The New York senator owed $10 million at the end of March, has made loans to her campaign totaling of $11.4 million thus far and will more than likely end the primary season in the red.

Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.

Democrats controlling Congress are leaving grim decisions on automatic tax increases to the next president and the newly elected Congress under a freshly negotiated House-Senate blueprint for the upcoming budget year.

AP - The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve.

AP - John McCain faced turbulence even before he flew up the Pacific coast from Oregon to Washington on Tuesday.