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A weekly wrap on the state of the '08 presidential race.

Both Democrat Sen. Barack obama and republican Sen. john mccain are lying low before putting their presidential campaigns into overdrive for the November election. The entire House of Representatives is also up for election, but the campaigns have been much less publicized. NPR's Andrea Seabrook talks with Congressman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) about how obama and McCain can help their parties secure Congressional seats in the fall. Seabrook also talks with NPR Senior political Editor Ron Elving for analysis.

Despite being the first African american presidential candidate to become the presumptive nominee of his party, Sen. Barack obama's candidacy represents issues even larger than a break from long-standing racial divisions in America.

A weekly wrap on the state of the '08 presidential race.

Long summer lies ahead of Barack obama, john mccain, with votes to chase, conventions to hold

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Hillary clinton out of the U.S. presidential race, Democrats on Sunday began healing wounds from a bruising nominating contest and speculated about Barack obama's vice presidential choice.

With Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign officially over, she is focusing on making sure her supporters back Sen. Barack obama's bid. In a CNN poll, 60 percent of clinton supporters said they would vote for obama, but 17 percent said they would vote for McCain and 22 percent said they would not vote at all if Clinton were not the nominee.

Sen. Hillary clinton has called it quits, 502 days after launching what at the time seemed an unstoppable bid for the presidency. On Saturday, she spoke in Washington, D.C., promising to work her heart out to help Sen. Barack obama win in November. But not all of her supporters were eager to follow suit.

The Rev. Don Jones is the former youth pastor at First United Methodist Church in Park Ridge, Ill., the childhood church of Sen. Hillary clinton (D-NY). A spiritual adviser to Clinton in the 1960s, he says he's deeply saddened by her loss but will follow her lead in supporting Barack obama for the presidency.

Sen. Hillary clinton (D-NY) formally suspended her presidential campaign Saturday and encouraged her supporters to join her in helping elect Illinois Sen. Barack obama in November. At Clinton's farewell speech, reaction among her supporters was mixed.