Kansas: McCain vs. Obama

Polling Data

PollDateSampleMcCain (R)Obama (D)Spread
RCP Average05/16 - 07/14--52.738.0McCain +14.7
Rasmussen07/14 - 07/14500 LV5835McCain +23.0
Research 200006/02 - 06/04600 LV5140McCain +11.0
SurveyUSA05/16 - 05/18600 RV4939McCain +10.0

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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- McCain Was Right on Surge, But Story Has Shifted - Tom Friedman, NYT

- Behind Maliki's Games - Max Boot, Washington Post

- Sloppy Attacks Aren't Helping McCain - John Dickerson, Slate

- The Media Gets a Tingling Up Its Leg - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

- Obama: Cocky or Commander in Chiefly? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

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Polling Data

PollDateSampleMcCain (R)Obama (D)Spread
RCP Average05/16 - 07/14--52.738.0McCain +14.7
Rasmussen07/14 - 07/14500 LV5835McCain +23.0
TargetPoint (R)06/27 - 07/013004 RV4936McCain +13.0
Rasmussen06/11 - 06/11500 LV4737McCain +10.0
Cooper & Secrest (D)*06/05 - 06/08808 LV4541McCain +4.0
Research 200006/02 - 06/04600 LV5140McCain +11.0
SurveyUSA05/16 - 05/18600 RV4939McCain +10.0
Rasmussen05/13 - 05/13500 LV5534McCain +21.0
SurveyUSA04/11 - 04/13516 RV5437McCain +17.0
SurveyUSA02/26 - 02/28598 RV5041McCain +9.0
SurveyUSA02/15 - 02/17514 RV5044McCain +6.0
SurveyUSA12/13 - 12/15529 RV5636McCain +20.0

All Commentary & News Stories

- McCain Was Right on Surge, But Story Has Shifted - Tom Friedman, NYT

- Behind Maliki's Games - Max Boot, Washington Post

- Sloppy Attacks Aren't Helping McCain - John Dickerson, Slate

- The Media Gets a Tingling Up Its Leg - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

- Obama: Cocky or Commander in Chiefly? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

- What Obama Could Learn on Vacation - David Harsanyi, Denver Post

- Israel Has No Reason to Fear Obama - Jack Rosen, Jerusalem Post

- Is Jindal the One Republicans Are Waiting For? - Kathleen Parker, RCP

- Romney: A Mistake for McCain - Dick Morris, The Hill

- Mr. Obama in Iraq - Washington Post

- McCain's Iraq Dilemma - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic

- Voters Still Hesitant About Obama - Charlie Cook, National Journal

- Is the 'Toss-Up' Race an Illusion? - Michael Grunwald, Time

- McCain's Mettle - Stuart Koehl, Weekly Standard

- A Conversation with U.S. Senator Jim Webb - Charlie Rose Show

- Obama Shows Hawkish Side On Mideast Trip - Brian Montopoli, CBS News

- Barack and the Dollar - Joshua Zumbrun & Brian Wingfield, Forbes

- McCain's War on Women - Kate Sheppard, In These Times

- Obama's High-Wire Act - RIchard Wolffe, Newsweek

- Obama's Overseas Education - Ralph Peters, New York Post

- Back Obama for Commander-in-Chief - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

- Obama's Head in the Sand - Pete Hegseth, National Review

- McCain's Courting the Wrong Voters - Pat Buchanan, Pitt Trib-Review

- Afghanistan Doesn't Need a 'Surge' - Ann Marlowe, Wall Street Journal

- Why Jesse Jackson Hates Obama - Shelby Steele, Wall Street Journal

- Obama's Iraq Mission - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post

- Getting Iraq Right - Senator John McCain, New York Post

- Is the Media Trying to Elect Obama? - Dee Dee Myers, Vanity Fair

- Eventually, We'll All Hate Obama Too - David Aaronovitch, London Times

- Meet the High Priest of the McCain Cult - Michael Crowley, New Republic

- Swing State Review: Ohio, Part II - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- The Need for a New Social Compact - Marie Cocco, Indianapolis Star

- Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? - Amy Wilentz, New York Magazine

- A Presidential Primer on the Mideast Conflict - Richard Boudreaux, LAT

- Obama Under the Microscope in Israel - Nathan Diament, RealClearPolitics

- Candidates' Positions on Iraq Differ Less Than You'd Think - USA Today

- Maliki's Bet - New York Sun

- McCain's Straight Talk on D.C. Schools - Washington Examiner

- Leaving Iraq: Debate Shifts to When - Michael Scherer, Time

- Maliki Delivers a Body-Blow to McCain - Byron York, National Review

- NYT Rejects McCain Editorial; Should 'Mirror' Obama - Drudge Report

- People See in Obama What They Want to See - Gary Younge, Guardian

- Liberals' Sensitivity No Laughing Matter - Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh PG

- Netroots Reckon with Life After Revolution - Jason Horowitz, NY Observer

- McCain Flops on Emissions Standards - Daniel Howes, Detroit News

- Obama's Tank Ride? - Robert Stacy McCain, The American Spectator

- Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable - Patrick Cockburn, The Nation

- How Big Will Dem Gains Be This Fall? - Tom Schaller, Salon

- Abortion Still a Political Litmus Test - Al Hunt, Bloomberg

- The Reagan Realignment's Staying Power - Robert Sullivan, Boston Globe

- Obama's Unprecedented Trip - Dan Balz, Washington Post

- Rockbama Plays Baghdad - Jed Babbin, Human Events

- Obama's Iraq Spotlight - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

- No Downside to Obama's Trip - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic

- The Democrats' Baghdad Two-Step - Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Washington Post

- Hoping Obama Makes the Case for Victory - Bill Kristol, New York Times

- History Suggests McCain is Toast - Clive Crook, Financial Times

- Obama's Rx Plan Will Cover Illegal Immigrants - Morris & McGann, NYP

- Rising Value of a Vote in a Struggling Economy - John Harwood, NY Times

- For Obama, Beyond Civil Rights - Gregory Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times

- The Great African-American Awakening - Myron Magnet, City Journal

- Democrats, Denver, and the First Amendment - USA Today

- Obama Fears the Blair Effect - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times

- An Obama Impact on Bush's Positions? - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer

- Obama Proves Only Symbolism and Speeches - Robert Tracinski, TIA Daily

- Looking for McCain's Economic Veep - David Broder, Washington Post

- How Obama Sees the World - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek

- Overseas Trip Carries Big Risks - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News

- Obama's Ego Problem - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe

- Conservatism: Not Too Big To Fail - George Will, Newsweek

- Obama's Steady Centrism - John Avlon, The Politico

- On Vouchers, Obama Offers No Change - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune

- Obama Brings Needed Values to Europe - Contanze Stelzenmuller, Guardian

- Jesse Jackson's N-Word 'Gotcha' - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune

- The Candidates and Financial Stability - Washington Post

- Obama Goes Abroad With World Watching - Dan Balz, Washington Post

- Europe's Economics Lesson for Obama - Henry Olson, Wall Street Journal

- Ghosts of 1976 in Today's Campaign - Michael Barone, US News & WR

- Will the New Yorker's Image Stick? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

- Conversation with New Yorker Editor David Remnick - Charlie Rose Show

- Obama's CEO Outreach - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

- A Bundle of Hypocrisy - Washington Post

- The Commander-in-Chief Test - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek

- Obama, the Democrats, and the Surge - Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard

- Obama's Tidal-Wave Potential - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Real Men Vote for McCain - Lou Aguilar, National Review Online

- Wolfson on McCain's Dismal Campaign - John Heilemann, NY Magazine

- GOP Reformers Face a Tough Fight - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal

- How McCain Should've Handled Obama's Visit - Daniel Finkelstein, Times

- McCain's Against Birth Control - Katha Pollitt, The Nation

- Campaign Promises to Keep - Ashley Johnson, National Journal

- Why Doesn't McCain Freak More Conservatives Out? - Noam Scheiber, TNR

- How to Make Fun of Obama - Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times

- Obama's Summer of Success - Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe

- The Audacity of Vanity - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

- What Would Obama Die For? - David Paul Kuhn, Wall Street Journal

- The Coming Activist Age - David Brooks, New York Times

- McCain, Obama Err to Placate Party Bases - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call

- Are the Obamas Untouchable? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- 'The Maverick' Gets the Branding Iron - J. Podesta & J. Halpin, The Politico