Washington: McCain vs. Obama

Polling Data

PollDateSampleObama (D)McCain (R)Spread
RCP Average07/25 - 08/12--50.039.5Obama +10.5
SurveyUSA08/11 - 08/12718 LV5144Obama +7
Rasmussen08/06 - 08/06500 LV5442Obama +12
Elway Poll07/27 - 07/31405 RV4735Obama +12
Strategic Vision (R)07/25 - 07/27800 LV4837Obama +11

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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- John McCain's Idealistic Dilemma - David Rogers, The Politico

- The Significance of Sarah Palin - Peter Wehner, Commentary

- GOP Offers Red Meat With a Side of Mean - Michael Cohen, New York Times

- Welcome Back, Dad - Michael Reagan, Human Events

- The Sarah Palin Smokescreen - Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

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

Polling Data

PollDateSampleObama (D)McCain (R)Spread
RCP Average07/25 - 08/12--50.039.5Obama +10.5
SurveyUSA08/11 - 08/12718 LV5144Obama +7
Rasmussen08/06 - 08/06500 LV5442Obama +12
Elway Poll07/27 - 07/31405 RV4735Obama +12
Strategic Vision (R)07/25 - 07/27800 LV4837Obama +11
SurveyUSA07/13 - 07/15666 LV5539Obama +16
Moore Info. (R)07/09 - 07/10400 LV4737Obama +10
Rasmussen07/09 - 07/09500 LV5143Obama +8
Strategies 360 (D)06/23 - 06/261200 RV4739Obama +8
SurveyUSA06/17 - 06/19532 LV5540Obama +15
Rasmussen06/09 - 06/09500 LV5335Obama +18
Elway Poll05/26 - 05/29405 RV4438Obama +6
SurveyUSA05/16 - 05/18600 RV5236Obama +16
Rasmussen05/12 - 05/12500 LV5140Obama +11
SurveyUSA04/14 - 04/16634 LV5340Obama +13
Rasmussen03/27 - 03/27500 LV4843Obama +5
Elway Poll03/18 - 03/20405 RV4539Obama +6
Rasmussen02/28 - 02/28500 LV4445McCain +1
SurveyUSA02/26 - 02/28634 RV5238Obama +14
SurveyUSA01/11 - 01/13527 RV5243Obama +9
SurveyUSA12/13 - 12/15513 RV5043Obama +7

All Commentary & News Stories

- John McCain's Idealistic Dilemma - David Rogers, The Politico

- The Significance of Sarah Palin - Peter Wehner, Commentary

- GOP Offers Red Meat With a Side of Mean - Michael Cohen, New York Times

- Welcome Back, Dad - Michael Reagan, Human Events

- The Sarah Palin Smokescreen - Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

- Palin's Working Class Appeal - David Frum, The Week

- McCain's Fiscal Irresponsibility - Weinstein & Dunkelman, NY Daily News

- McCain Needs a Rebellious Address - Michael Gerson, Washington Post

- Will the Abortion Issue Help or Hurt McCain? - Lydia Saad, Gallup

- Sarah Palin Taps Into America - Andrew McCarthy, National Review

- A Star is Born in the GOP - Michael Barone, US News & World Report

- Why the Media Should Apologize - Roger Simon, The Politico

- Palin Raises Questions About McCain's Judgment - The Economist

- A Cynic's View of Palin's Family Fanfare - Susannah Meadows, Newsweek

- McCain's Focus Tonight - Michael Crowley, The New Republic

- A Foreign-Policy Crash Course for Palin - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek

- Palin Pick Targets the Gender Gap - Peter Brown, Rocky Mountain News

- A Feminist Dream at the GOP - Kirsten Powers, New York Post

- Reshaping the Map - Gary Andres, Washington Times

- The Leadership Washington Needs - Governor Sarah Palin

- Small-Town Ways Will Play Big Across U.S. - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

- Wrong Woman, Wrong Message - Gloria Steinem, Los Angeles Times

- A Pit Bull With Lipstick - John Dickerson, Slate

- Sarah Palin, The Natural - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard

- Palin's Social Views Hurt Ticket - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal

- Democrats Have a Problem on Their Hands - David Brody, CBN News

- Call of the Wild: The Education of Sarah Palin - Nathan Thornburgh, Time

- What's So Special About Sarah? - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal

- Palin's Inexperience Still McCain's Problem - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

- Palin Gets the Spiteful Thatcher Treatment - Janet Daley, The Telegraph

- Hockey Mom Shoots, Scores - Tom Shales, Washington Post

- Where Does the GOP Go From Here? - Clark Judge, Wall Street Journal

- McCain is the Right Guy to Rebrand GOP - John Avlon, New York Post

- A Partisan in Maverick's Clothing - Matthew Yglesias, Washington Post

- Which Ticket Really Will Deliver Change? - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call

- Democrats Should Stop Nominating Lawyers - Victor Davis Hanson, RCP

- Hot or Cool on Russia? - David Ignatius, Washington Post

- Sarah Palin's Perfect Premiere - New York Daily News

- Speech Doesn't Answer Questions About Readiness - Washington Post

- Palin Rises Above the Feeding Frenzy - Boston Herald

- How Palin Subverts McCain - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune

- Why Bristol's Baby Matters - Joe Conason, New York Observer

- Why Palin Could Make the Difference - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

- Can Palin Out-Change Obama? - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic

- A Clear & Present Danger to the Left - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

- McCain Slimes the Media for Doing Its Job - Joe Klein, Time

- A Shameful Week for the Press - Yuval Levin, National Review

- Lieberman Shows Courage - David Yepsen, Des Moines Register

- Benedict Joseph a Traitor to His Party - Matthew Rothschild, Progressive

- Sexism Rears Its Ugly Head - Ben Shapiro, Townhall

- Whiteness is the GOP's Only Hope - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post

- Palin's Challenge Tonight - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics

- Public Will Have Final Verdict on Palin - David Broder, Washington Post

- The Palin Feeding Frenzy - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

- Palin Gets the Clarence Thomas Treatment - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

- Palin's Speech: What Does She Need To Do? - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post

- The Palin Feeding Frenzy - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

- So Where Does Palin Take This? - Mark Davis, Dallas Morning News

- For Palin, Showtime About to Begin - David Von Drehle, Time

- For Republicans, a Different Kind of Party - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News

- What Would Sarah Palin Do? - James Lucier, American Spectator

- Lieberman Makes Compelling Case for McCain - John Avlon, New Republic

- McCain Transcends Party Line - Philip Klein, The American Spectator

- Media is Just Doing Its Job - Dan Amira and Chris Rovzar, NY Magazine

- McCain's Bet on Palin Sets Up Wild Ride - Susan Page, USA Today

- The Palin Soap Opera - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

- Sarah Palin and the Two Americas - Thomas Lifson, American Thinker

- Nevermind the Palin Naysayers - Ruben Navarrette, San Diego Union-Trib

- What Palin Says About McCain's Judgment - Mark Mellman, The Hill

- Palin Choice Paying Off Big Time - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Trib-Review

- The Culture Wars Are Back - Jim VandeHei & David Paul Kuhn, The Politico

- Palin is a True Feminist Role Model - Chrystia Freeland, Financial Times

- The Larger Message of the Sarah Palin Story - Maggie Gallagher, NY Post

- Lieberman's Partisan "Bipartisanship" - John Nichols, The Nation

- Why Obama Can't Close the Sale - Al Hubbard & Noam Neusner, WSJ

- The Right in the Rearview Mirror - E.J. Dionne, American Prospect

- A Stark Contrast with Obama on Abortion - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe

- McCain, Palin Are Clueless on Energy - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

- Sarah Palin, Our Energy Answer - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets

- Did You Know McCain Was a POW? - David Corn, Mother Jones

- Western, Maverick Assets - David Hill, The Hill

- The Bizarro GOP - John Dickerson, Slate

- Judging Sarah Palin - Chicago Tribune

- Candidate McCain's Big Decision - New York Times

- Why the Media is Sneering at Sarah Palin - Wall Street Journal

- The Media's Ignorance About Sarah Palin - Investor's Business Daily

- Palin's Importance to the Energy Debate - Investor's Business Daily

- Palin Takes the Big Stage - Dallas Morning News

- A Democrat's Case for McCain - Senator Joe Lieberman

- Palin Will Overcome Negative Media - Larry Lindsey, Weekly Standard

- The Smearing of Palin Gets Uglier - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

- The Case Against the Case Against Palin - Christopher Orr, New Republic

- Dan Quayle With an Up-Do - Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail

- Palin Has Pushed the Left Over The Edge - Andrea Tantaros, Fox News

- It Still Comes Down to How Palin Fares - Clive Crook, The Atlantic

- McCain Camp: NY Times Story 'Materially False' - Byron York, NRO

- Republicans Are Irrelevant - Jack Cafferty, CNN

- Palin and the Narcissistic Left - James Lewis, American Thinker

- What the GOP is Really Up To - Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist

- McCain Has a Tax Plan to Create Jobs - M. Feldstein & J. Taylor, WSJ