Maine: McCain vs. Obama

Polling Data

PollDateSampleObama (D)McCain (R)Spread
RCP Average09/08 - 09/24--50.342.7Obama +7.6
SurveyUSA09/22 - 09/24675 LV4944Obama +5
Rasmussen09/17 - 09/17500 LV5046Obama +4
Research 200009/08 - 09/10600 LV5238Obama +14

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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- In Manner, Obama Far From Clintonesque - Pat Healy, New York Times

- Obama, the Good Soldier - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

- Obama's Race May Be as Much a Plus as a Minus - Frank Newport, Gallup

- McCain Misunderstands Meaning of Honor - Joe Conason, NY Observer

- The Question Obama Won't Answer - Peter Wehner, Commentary

See All Maine: McCain vs. Obama Commentary & News Stories

Polling Data

PollDateSampleObama (D)McCain (R)Spread
RCP Average09/08 - 09/24--50.342.7Obama +7.6
SurveyUSA09/22 - 09/24675 LV4944Obama +5
Rasmussen09/17 - 09/17500 LV5046Obama +4
Research 200009/08 - 09/10600 LV5238Obama +14
Rasmussen08/12 - 08/12500 LV5339Obama +14
Rasmussen07/17 - 07/17500 LV4941Obama +8
Critical Insights06/01 - 06/27602 A5131Obama +20
Pan Atlantic SMS06/10 - 06/18400 RV3726Obama +11
Rasmussen06/16 - 06/16500 LV5533Obama +22
Rasmussen05/14 - 05/14500 LV5138Obama +13
Rasmussen04/01 - 04/01500 LV4939Obama +10
SurveyUSA02/26 - 02/28639 RV5339Obama +14

All Commentary & News Stories

- In Manner, Obama Far From Clintonesque - Pat Healy, New York Times

- Obama, the Good Soldier - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

- Obama's Race May Be as Much a Plus as a Minus - Frank Newport, Gallup

- McCain Misunderstands Meaning of Honor - Joe Conason, NY Observer

- The Question Obama Won't Answer - Peter Wehner, Commentary

- As Economy Sags, Obama Soars - The Economist

- The Race Isn't Necessarily Over - Michael Barone, US News & World Report

- McCain Economics Still Bush League - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal

- Health Care is a "Right"? - Bill Whittle, National Review

- Obama Finds His Voice on the Economy - John Dickerson, Slate

- The Problems With the Ayers Attack - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post

- Voters Haven't Decided Yet - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

- The Limits of Race - David Von Drehle, Time

- Obama's Temperament Proves Right Stuff - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg

- Clearing the Ayers - Gail Collins, New York Times

- McCain's Team of Bigots - Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times

- Voting Against Obama Doesn't Make You a Racist - Glenn Beck, CNN

- Will McCain Make the Investor Connection? - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets

- McCain, Obama Again Dodged Priority Questions - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call

- Obama & Ayers: Guilt by Association? - Michael Smerconish, Philly Daily News

- Will 2008 Be a Major Realigning Election? - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix

- McCain in a Bear Market - George Will, Washington Post

- Can McCain Come Back? - Richard Baehr, American Thinker

- The Obama Surge: Will It Last? - Joe Klein, Time

- Dem Strategists See Landslide in Making - David Paul Kuhn, The Politico

- It's the Culture, Stupid - Quin Hillyer, The American Spectator

- Voting the Fate of the Nation - Chalmers Johnson, The Nation

- News Flash: The Media Back Obama - Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall St. Journal

- Going for Broke in Pennsylvania - Mike Madden, Salon

- What McCain Must Do - Donald Lambro, Washington Times

- Can McCain Come Back? - Richard Baehr, American Thinker

- Resilient America Struggles - Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald

- Meltdown Has Many Culprits - Rick Santorum, Philadelphia Inquirer

- Running From Reality - David Broder, Washington Post

- Dem Chances in Congress Rise on Economic Woes - Wilson & Trygstad, RCP

- Looking for Leadership - Newsday

- John McCain Wants Your Mortgage - Wall Street Journal

- McCain's Ideas Fell Flat - Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect

- A Drubbing the G.O.P. Could Use - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- McCain Careens from Mistake to Mistake - David Frum, The Week

- The Vanishing Character Of McCain And Obama - Dick Meyer, NPR

- Obama, the Good Soldier - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

- In Second Debate, Game Stays the Same - Kevin Friedl, National Journal

- Obama's Professorial Advantage - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic

- In Familiar Spot, McCain Looks to Rise Again - Dan Balz, Washington Post

- President Barack Hoover - Hugh Hewitt, Townhall

- Ohio's Worried Working Class - George Packer, The New Yorker

- What Did Obama Know About Ayers, When? - Lynn Sweet, Chicago ST

- The Worst Debate Ever - John Harris & Jim VandeHei, The Politico

- Paging Rick Warren - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard

- Schumer's 60-Seat Scenario - R. Wilson & J. Kraushaar, The Scorecard

- McCain Can't Slow the Obama Juggernaut - Terence Samuel, The Root

- McCain Still on the Wane - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer

- Obama Keeps Momentum - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News

- Ayers & Wright: A Disturbing Pattern - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

- Thoughts on the Second Debate - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- Obama Closes the Deal in Second Debate - John Heilemann, New York Magazine

- Who Is the Real John McCain? - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post

- Obama Sincerely Wants to Raise Taxes - Jay Ambrose, DC Examiner

- Last Night's Winner? Central Planning - Matt Welch, Reason

- The Heck with Substance - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post

- Sharp Tone, No Gaffes in Town Hall Debate - Susan Page, USA Today

- A Status Quo Debate - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post

- Stalemate Works to Obama's Favor - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News

- Boring Debate Ends in a Lot of Bad Feelings - Byron York, National Review

- Mud Pies for 'That One' - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

- Obama's Friends and the Truth - Maggie Gallagher, New York Post

- For New Contagion, Same Old Prescriptions - Steven Pearlstein, Wash Post

- Prepare for the Worst - Peter Ferrara, American Spectator

- Sarah Palin is Nobody's Dummy - Camille Paglia, Salon

- Stop Re-Litigating the 1960s - John Avlon, CNN

- Negative Truth Won't Change a Thing - David Harsanyi, Denver Post

- The Obama-Ayers Connection - Dick Morris, The Hill

- Economic Issues Dominate Second Debate - Doyle McManus, LA Times

- 'Fact Checking' Descends Into Opinion Journalism - James Taranto, WSJ

- An Unenlightening Night - New York Post

- McCain's Dilemma - Los Angeles Times

- Taming the Tumult - Baltimore Sun

- A Few Hits, Some Runs & No Major Errors - David Gergen, CNN

- McCain Was Good, but So Was Obama - Rich Lowry, National Review

- McCain's Failed Debate Offensive - Ari Melber, The Nation

- A Town Hall About Nothing - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics

- Downturn in Decibels, Too - Frank Bruni, New York Times

- McCain Loses by Not Winning - Roger Simon, The Politico

- Obama's Professorial Advantage - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic

- A Status Quo Debate - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post

- McCain's Last Chance, or a Chance to Shine? - Howard Fineman, MSNBC

- The Kitchen Sinks Are Ready - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

- Race Drives Strategy, Stirs Uncertainty - Harris & VandeHei, The Politico

- McCain's Desperate Claim - Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post

- Obama's Lying About William Ayers - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

- Obama, Ayers, and Guilt By Association - Matthew Yglesias, The Atlantic

- A Product of 'The Chicago Way' - David Frum, National Review

- Divisions Run Deep In Battleground States - Ron Brownstein, Nat'l Journal

- Our Founding Partisans - Robert Novak, The American Spectator

- The Obama-Ayers Connection - Drew Griffin, CNN

- Palin Deserves to Be Treated with Respect - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics

- Five Questions For The Second Debate - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News

- Time Running Short For Republicans - Charlie Cook, National Journal

- McCain: Make-Believe Maverick - Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone