Here are five of the events in PartyBuilder for the coming week. You can add your own event or find one near you.

1. State Democratic Convention (Columbia, MO) - We are needing more volunteers to assist with ushering and other things at the convention. Please contact the local chapter for more information on helping.
2. Iowa Democratic Veterans' Caucus (Fairfield, IA) - See you in Fairfield for our next State Vets Caucus meeting on Saturday, May 10 at 10 AM.
3. Fish Fry (Frankfort, IN) - ALL YOU CAN EAT Fish Fry with all the fixin's (including homemade desserts!) Sponsored by the Roosevelt Kennedy Club as a fundraiser for local democratic candidates.
4. Drinking Liberally Monthly Meeting (Reno, NV) - Come on out and join in Reno's newest and most fun social club!
5. Political Leadership: Examining Local, State, and Federal Issues (Orlando, FL) - Join the Orlando area's top Young Professionals for an outstanding evening of networking, new business connections, promotions, great food, and dynamic speakers.

In an interview to be televised later tonight on Bloomberg TV, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) said Sen. Barack Obama isn't likely to pick Sen. Hillary Clinton as a running mate.Said Kennedy: "I don't think it's possible."He said Obama should choose a running mate who "is in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people."

"Well, I don't think that carries any more weight than anyone who will argue that the fact that she only got 8 percent of the African-American vote in North Carolina indicates that she cannot get African-American votes in the general election."-- Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), in an interview with the National Journal, on Sen. Hillary Clinton's contention that Sen. Barack Obama cannot win over white voters.

At a New Yorker conference this morning, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) -- who has been hiding under his desk during the Democratic presidential race -- acknowledged for the first time that Sen. Barack Obama is the "presumptive nominee" of his party.When moderator Ryan Lizza pointed out that there are only 217 undecided super delegates left, Emanuel laughed and said "it's an exclusive club."

Not just your mom. But my mom. And your mom's mom. In fact, every mother in America. Republicans, unhappy with the Democratic majority, have been using such procedural tactics as this all week to bring the House to a standstill, but the assault on mothers may have gone too far. House Minority Leader John Boehner, asked yesterday to explain why he and 177 of his colleagues switched their votes, answered: "Oh, we just wanted to make sure that everyone was on record in support of Mother's Day." By voting against it?

CQ Politics takes "a quick look" at the next six primaries and notes Sen. Hillary Clinton "appears to have the edge in two states and in Puerto Rico -- provided she continues to stay in the race -- and Sen. Barack Obama seems to have an advantage in three states."Over at Political Insider, I also handicapped the remaining races.

'You Scratch My Back I'll Scratch Yours' McCain pushed key land deal for fundraiser: Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers. Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican became a key figure in pushing the deal through Congress after the rancher and his partners hired lobbyists that included McCain's 1992 Senate campaign manager, two of his former Senate staff members (one of whom has returned as his chief of staff), and an Arizona insider who was a major McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks. When McCain's legislation passed in November 2005, the ranch owner gave the job of building as many as 12,000 homes to SunCor Development, a firm in Tempe, Ariz., run by Steven A. Betts, a longtime McCain supporter who has raised more than $100,000 for the presumptive Republican nominee. Betts said he and McCain never discussed the deal.

A new American Research Group poll in West Virginia finds Sen. Hillary Clinton way ahead of Sen. Barack Obama, 66% to 23%.Key findings: Clinton leads among men, 57% to 27%, and she leads among women, 72% to 20%. Clinton leads among white voters, 70% to 19%, and Obama leads among African American voters, 91% to 3%. African Americans voters, however, only account for 5% of likely Democratic primary voters in the state.It's also interesting that "someone else" received 5% of the vote on the ballot question. John Edwards is still on the ballot in West Virginia, but his name was not mentioned in the survey.

As Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) contemplates his political future after admitting he fathered a child from an extramarital affair, a new SurveyUSA poll finds 61% of adults from his NY-13 district say he should remain in office, while 32% say he should resign.

In his long-awaited memoirs, Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History, former JFK aide Ted Sorensen admits he "collaborated" on Profiles in Courage with then Sen. John F. Kennedy. According to a Wall Street Journal review, Sorensen says, for the first time, that he "did a first draft of most chapters," "helped choose the words of many of its sentences" and likely "privately boasted or indirectly hinted that I had written much of the book." Sorensen also admits that in 1957 -- just after the book won a Pulitizer Prize -- that Kennedy "unexpectedly and generously offered, and I happily accepted, a sum" for Sorensen's work on the book. The overall review of Sorensen's book is glowing: "The heroic effort it required to complete this volume in the wake of his stroke, and to do so in a style that remains masterly, is itself an inspiration. Even when he is describing 40 years of post-White House law practice, there is hardly a page that does not confirm our sense of Mr. Sorensen as a writer of the first rank. If his active service to Kennedy is now concluded, we are still left with the inescapable sense that the words that the two men crafted together -- however one divides the credit -- will live on."

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"I won't accept a cabinet post regardless of which of the three candidates wins the presidency."-- Al Gore, quoted by the Bloomberg.

The Economist: "In cartoons there is often a moment when a hapless character, having galloped over a cliff, is still unaware of the fact and hangs suspended in the air, legs pumping wildly, until realisation dawns, gravity intervenes and downfall ensues. Hillary Clinton's campaign looks a bit like that this week. After her heavy loss in North Carolina and her barely perceptible victory in Indiana, a state she needed to carry triumphantly, Mrs Clinton's campaign is surely close to its end."Special offer for Political Wire readers: Get a free trial subscription to The Economist.

According to The Politico, Sen. Hillary Clinton is asking some uncommitted superdelegates "if they could commit to her privately -- without the political risks of a public endorsement -- so that she could gauge whether she has the support she feels she needs to remain a viable candidate."

Sen. Barack Obama "already has begun pivoting toward the general election," the Wall Street Journal reports. "Soon, he is likely to unleash attack ads aimed at defining Sen. John McCain. With vastly more money, Sen. Obama will be able to flood the airwaves as voters are forming impressions."Goal #1: Link McCain to President Bush as closely as possible."The comparison to President Bush is one of many reasons why Sen. McCain has walked a careful line as he defines himself. He helped shore up a Republican base with a string of conservative policy positions on the economy, Iraq, health care and judges. Though he has courted a maverick image of moderation, he has made clear that his policy agenda will contour to conservative thought."

"For the first time this campaign season," Sen. Barack Obama has surpassed Sen. Hillary Clinton's "support among superdelegates," according to the ABC News delegate estimate.  Obama "picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised."

Sen. Hillary Clinton is "darting around the country like a full-fledged presidential candidate," but the Los Angeles Times notes that within her "circle of advisors and donors, the conversation has turned to how she can make a dignified exit from the race." "For all the signs of normalcy, much of the infrastructure that keeps the New York senator's campaign going -- the aides, donors and political allies -- is resigned to the hard reality that the Democratic nomination now appears out of reach."But just as she can't find a path to the nomination, she also doesn't have a clear path to exit."Having invested 16 months and raised more than $200 million in the campaign, Clinton may find it difficult to quit. Her campaign persona is now built on the idea that she's working-class America's scrappy warrior. So dropping out with six contests left in the campaign season would be awkward."

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John McCain is taking a ferry ride down the East River from New York City to Highland, New Jersey tomorrow. Sounds like a great photo op, no? Turns out, McCain's tour will pass a series of landmarks he opposed funding for or even voted against. Bon voyage, Senator McCain! Details below:

U.S. News and World Report: "Experts disagree on whether or not Clinton will actually stick in the fight until the Democratic National Convention in August. But the date looms large for another reason -- at least, if she hopes to recoup any of the millions she has sunk into the campaign. Thanks to a little-known provision in 2002's McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill, a campaign must repay the loan to a candidate before Election Day. In this case, that's the nominating convention. After the election has passed, a bankrupt campaign is limited to gathering just $250,000 from contributors, which means that modest sum is all it can give back to a candidate. In short, Clinton stands to lose $11,150,000."