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Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Right Direction | Wrong Track | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 07/07 - 07/14 | 15.7 | 80.0 | -64.3 |
| AP-Ipsos | 07/10 - 07/14 | 16 | 77 | -61.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 07/07 - 07/14 | 14 | 81 | -67.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 07/08 - 07/13 | 17 | 82 | -65.0 |
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
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Right Direction | Wrong Track | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 07/07 - 07/14 | 15.7 | 80.0 | -64.3 |
| AP-Ipsos | 07/10 - 07/14 | 16 | 77 | -61.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 07/07 - 07/14 | 14 | 81 | -67.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 07/08 - 07/13 | 17 | 82 | -65.0 |
| Pew Research | 06/18 - 06/29 | 19 | 76 | -57.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 06/22 - 06/25 | 15 | 78 | -63.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 06/19 - 06/23 | 13 | 78 | -65.0 |
| Newsweek | 06/18 - 06/19 | 14 | 80 | -66.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 06/12 - 06/16 | 17 | 76 | -59.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 06/12 - 06/15 | 14 | 84 | -70.0 |
| Gallup | 06/09 - 06/12 | 14 | 84 | -70.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 06/06 - 06/09 | 16 | 71 | -55.0 |
| Pew Research | 05/21 - 05/25 | 18 | 76 | -58.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 05/13 - 05/15 | 17 | 75 | -58.0 |
| Gallup | 05/08 - 05/11 | 14 | 85 | -71.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 05/08 - 05/11 | 16 | 82 | -66.0 |
| POS/GQR | 05/07 - 05/08 | 16 | 80 | -64.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 05/01 - 05/08 | 15 | 77 | -62.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 04/25 - 04/28 | 15 | 73 | -58.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 04/07 - 04/09 | 24 | 71 | -47.0 |
| Gallup | 04/06 - 04/09 | 15 | 83 | -68.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 03/28 - 04/02 | 14 | 81 | -67.0 |
| Pew Research | 03/19 - 03/22 | 22 | 72 | -50.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 03/07 - 03/10 | 20 | 66 | -46.0 |
| Gallup | 03/06 - 03/09 | 19 | 80 | -61.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 03/03 - 03/05 | 22 | 73 | -51.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 02/21 - 02/25 | 26 | 63 | -37.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 02/14 - 02/17 | 21 | 69 | -48.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 02/04 - 02/06 | 25 | 71 | -46.0 |
| Pew Research | 01/30 - 02/02 | 24 | 70 | -46.0 |
| NPR | 01/29 - 01/31 | 23 | 68 | -45.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 01/20 - 01/22 | 19 | 68 | -49.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 01/18 - 01/22 | 25 | 63 | -38.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 01/10 - 01/12 | 22 | 68 | -46.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 01/09 - 01/12 | 19 | 75 | -56.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 01/09 - 01/12 | 21 | 77 | -56.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 01/07 - 01/09 | 27 | 68 | -41.0 |
| Gallup | 01/04 - 01/06 | 24 | 73 | -49.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 12/10 - 12/14 | 21 | 67 | -46.0 |
| Battleground | 12/09 - 12/12 | 22 | 71 | -49.0 |
| Gallup | 12/06 - 12/09 | 27 | 70 | -43.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 12/03 - 12/05 | 30 | 66 | -36.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 11/05 - 11/07 | 25 | 70 | -45.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 10/29 - 11/01 | 24 | 74 | -50.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 10/23 - 10/29 | 20 | 72 | -52.0 |
| Pew Research | 10/17 - 10/23 | 28 | 66 | -38.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 10/19 - 10/22 | 23 | 66 | -43.0 |
| Gallup | 10/04 - 10/07 | 25 | 73 | -48.0 |
| NPR | 10/04 - 10/07 | 23 | 68 | -45.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 10/01 - 10/03 | 26 | 70 | -44.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 09/10 - 09/12 | 28 | 67 | -39.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 09/07 - 09/10 | 25 | 63 | -38.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 09/04 - 09/08 | 23 | 71 | -48.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 08/06 - 08/08 | 27 | 68 | -41.0 |
| Newsweek | 08/01 - 08/02 | 24 | 69 | -45.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 07/27 - 07/30 | 19 | 67 | -48.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 07/19 - 07/22 | 21 | 68 | -47.0 |
| Battleground | 07/15 - 07/18 | 21 | 70 | -49.0 |
| Gallup | 07/12 - 07/15 | 27 | 71 | -44.0 |
| Newsweek | 07/11 - 07/12 | 27 | 68 | -41.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 07/09 - 07/11 | 26 | 69 | -43.0 |
| Newsweek | 07/02 - 07/03 | 24 | 67 | -43.0 |
| CBS News | 06/26 - 06/28 | 19 | 75 | -56.0 |
| Gallup | 06/11 - 06/14 | 24 | 74 | -50.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 06/08 - 06/11 | 19 | 68 | -49.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 06/05 - 06/11 | 18 | 74 | -56.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 06/07 - 06/10 | 24 | 69 | -45.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 06/04 - 06/06 | 21 | 75 | -54.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 05/18 - 05/23 | 24 | 72 | -48.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 05/16 - 05/20 | 18 | 71 | -53.0 |
| Gallup | 05/10 - 05/13 | 25 | 73 | -48.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 05/07 - 05/09 | 25 | 71 | -46.0 |
| Newsweek | 05/02 - 05/03 | 25 | 71 | -46.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 04/26 - 04/30 | 20 | 67 | -47.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 04/20 - 04/23 | 22 | 66 | -44.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 04/05 - 04/09 | 25 | 66 | -41.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 04/02 - 04/05 | 33 | 65 | -32.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 04/02 - 04/04 | 27 | 70 | -43.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 03/29 - 04/01 | 23 | 64 | -41.0 |
| Newsweek | 03/14 - 03/16 | 28 | 64 | -36.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 03/07 - 03/11 | 25 | 69 | -44.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 03/05 - 03/07 | 29 | 68 | -39.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 03/02 - 03/05 | 25 | 58 | -33.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 02/23 - 02/27 | 23 | 68 | -45.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 02/21 - 02/24 | 23 | 64 | -41.0 |
| WNBC/Marist | 02/12 - 02/15 | 29 | 63 | -34.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 02/05 - 02/07 | 28 | 68 | -40.0 |
| Gallup | 02/01 - 02/04 | 34 | 64 | -30.0 |
| Newsweek | 01/24 - 01/25 | 30 | 61 | -31.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 01/16 - 01/19 | 26 | 71 | -45.0 |
| Newsweek | 01/17 - 01/18 | 30 | 62 | -32.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 01/16 - 01/18 | 29 | 66 | -37.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 01/15 - 01/18 | 35 | 63 | -28.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 01/13 - 01/16 | 31 | 61 | -30.0 |
| Pew Research | 01/10 - 01/15 | 32 | 61 | -29.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 01/11 - 01/14 | 26 | 61 | -35.0 |
| Battleground | 01/08 - 01/11 | 25 | 64 | -39.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 01/08 - 01/10 | 28 | 67 | -39.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 12/08 - 12/11 | 28 | 62 | -34.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 12/08 - 12/11 | 28 | 58 | -30.0 |
| Newsweek | 12/06 - 12/07 | 31 | 59 | -28.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 12/04 - 12/06 | 28 | 68 | -40.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 11/13 - 11/15 | 34 | 61 | -27.0 |
| Pew Research | 11/09 - 11/12 | 28 | 64 | -36.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 11/08 - 11/12 | 32 | 52 | -20.0 |
| Newsweek | 11/09 - 11/10 | 29 | 63 | -34.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 11/02 - 11/05 | 35 | 61 | -26.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 11/01 - 11/04 | 39 | 59 | -20.0 |
| Newsweek | 11/02 - 11/03 | 29 | 64 | -35.0 |
| Time | 11/01 - 11/03 | 32 | 62 | -30.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 10/27 - 10/31 | 29 | 64 | -35.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 10/20 - 10/25 | 29 | 66 | -37.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 10/19 - 10/22 | 32 | 66 | -34.0 |
| Newsweek | 10/19 - 10/20 | 25 | 67 | -42.0 |
| Gallup | 10/09 - 10/12 | 30 | 68 | -38.0 |
| Harris | 10/06 - 10/09 | 29 | 62 | -33.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 10/05 - 10/08 | 32 | 66 | -34.0 |
| Newsweek | 10/05 - 10/06 | 25 | 67 | -42.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 10/02 - 10/04 | 31 | 64 | -33.0 |
| Pew Research | 09/21 - 10/04 | 30 | 63 | -33.0 |
| Battleground | 09/24 - 09/27 | 31 | 62 | -31.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 09/24 - 09/26 | 29 | 66 | -37.0 |
| WNBC/Marist | 09/18 - 09/20 | 33 | 58 | -25.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 09/16 - 09/19 | 31 | 61 | -30.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 09/11 - 09/13 | 33 | 63 | -30.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 09/08 - 09/11 | 31 | 54 | -23.0 |
| Gallup | 09/07 - 09/10 | 32 | 67 | -35.0 |
| CNN | 08/30 - 09/02 | 21 | 76 | -55.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 08/25 - 08/27 | 28 | 64 | -36.0 |
| Newsweek | 08/24 - 08/25 | 28 | 65 | -37.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 08/17 - 08/20 | 18 | 72 | -54.0 |
| Newsweek | 08/10 - 08/11 | 26 | 67 | -41.0 |
| Gallup | 08/07 - 08/10 | 28 | 69 | -41.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 08/07 - 08/09 | 26 | 71 | -45.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 07/28 - 08/01 | 31 | 63 | -32.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 07/28 - 07/30 | 27 | 63 | -36.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 07/21 - 07/25 | 28 | 66 | -38.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 07/21 - 07/24 | 27 | 60 | -33.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 07/21 - 07/23 | 33 | 65 | -32.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 07/20 - 07/23 | 25 | 60 | -35.0 |
| Pew Research | 07/06 - 07/19 | 30 | 65 | -35.0 |
| Time | 06/27 - 06/29 | 28 | 66 | -38.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 06/25 - 06/29 | 30 | 63 | -33.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 06/24 - 06/27 | 30 | 63 | -33.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 06/21 - 06/25 | 30 | 60 | -30.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 06/09 - 06/12 | 27 | 61 | -34.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 06/05 - 06/07 | 26 | 70 | -44.0 |
| Harris | 06/02 - 06/05 | 28 | 64 | -36.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 06/01 - 06/04 | 27 | 61 | -34.0 |
| Gallup | 06/01 - 06/04 | 30 | 67 | -37.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 05/18 - 05/24 | 29 | 63 | -34.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 05/11 - 05/15 | 29 | 69 | -40.0 |
| Newsweek | 05/11 - 05/12 | 23 | 71 | -48.0 |
| Gallup | 05/08 - 05/11 | 25 | 72 | -47.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 05/01 - 05/03 | 23 | 73 | -50.0 |
| CBS News | 04/28 - 04/30 | 24 | 71 | -47.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 04/21 - 04/24 | 24 | 67 | -43.0 |
| Gallup | 04/10 - 04/13 | 27 | 71 | -44.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 04/08 - 04/11 | 26 | 65 | -39.0 |
| Harris | 04/07 - 04/10 | 27 | 65 | -38.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 04/03 - 04/05 | 28 | 69 | -41.0 |
| Time | 03/22 - 03/23 | 34 | 60 | -26.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 03/16 - 03/20 | 30 | 63 | -33.0 |
| Newsweek | 03/16 - 03/17 | 30 | 64 | -34.0 |
| Gallup | 03/13 - 03/16 | 29 | 68 | -39.0 |
| NPR | 03/12 - 03/14 | 30 | 64 | -34.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 03/10 - 03/13 | 26 | 62 | -36.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 03/06 - 03/08 | 30 | 67 | -37.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 02/25 - 03/01 | 30 | 64 | -34.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 02/23 - 02/27 | 32 | 62 | -30.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 02/23 - 02/26 | 35 | 59 | -24.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 02/16 - 02/19 | 29 | 57 | -28.0 |
| WNBC/Marist | 02/13 - 02/15 | 34 | 61 | -27.0 |
| Battleground | 02/12 - 02/15 | 31 | 60 | -29.0 |
| Gallup | 02/06 - 02/09 | 35 | 62 | -27.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 02/06 - 02/08 | 36 | 61 | -25.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 01/26 - 01/29 | 31 | 57 | -26.0 |
| Time | 01/24 - 01/26 | 33 | 63 | -30.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 01/22 - 01/25 | 32 | 61 | -29.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 01/22 - 01/25 | 38 | 60 | -22.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 01/22 - 01/25 | 32 | 61 | -29.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 01/22 - 01/25 | 38 | 60 | -22.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 01/12 - 01/15 | 33 | 54 | -21.0 |
| CNN/USA Today/Gallup | 01/09 - 01/12 | 36 | 61 | -25.0 |
| Harris | 01/06 - 01/09 | 33 | 54 | -21.0 |
| CBS News | 01/05 - 01/08 | 31 | 62 | -31.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 01/03 - 01/05 | 32 | 65 | -33.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 12/12 - 12/13 | 32 | 54 | -22.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 12/08 - 12/11 | 36 | 61 | -25.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 12/05 - 12/07 | 33 | 64 | -31.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 12/02 - 12/06 | 31 | 60 | -29.0 |
| Time | 11/29 - 12/01 | 34 | 60 | -26.0 |
| Gallup | 11/17 - 11/20 | 36 | 62 | -26.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 11/16 - 11/20 | 31 | 62 | -31.0 |
| Newsweek | 11/10 - 11/11 | 26 | 68 | -42.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 11/07 - 11/09 | 32 | 64 | -32.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 11/04 - 11/07 | 26 | 63 | -37.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 11/02 - 11/06 | 31 | 62 | -31.0 |
| CNN/USA Today/Gallup | 10/13 - 10/16 | 31 | 68 | -37.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 10/12 - 10/16 | 26 | 60 | -34.0 |
| WNBC/Marist | 10/12 - 10/13 | 31 | 62 | -31.0 |
| GW/Battleground | 10/09 - 10/12 | 27 | 66 | -39.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 10/08 - 10/10 | 28 | 59 | -31.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 10/05 - 10/10 | 34 | 58 | -24.0 |
| CBS News | 10/03 - 10/05 | 26 | 69 | -43.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 10/03 - 10/05 | 28 | 66 | -38.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 09/19 - 09/21 | 33 | 61 | -28.0 |
| Winston Group (R) | 09/14 - 09/15 | 35 | 58 | -23.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 09/09 - 09/13 | 31 | 63 | -32.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 09/09 - 09/12 | 32 | 57 | -25.0 |
| Newsweek | 09/08 - 09/09 | 28 | 66 | -38.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 09/06 - 09/08 | 32 | 65 | -33.0 |
| CNN/USA Today/Gallup | 08/08 - 08/11 | 37 | 60 | -23.0 |
| Newsweek | 08/02 - 08/04 | 36 | 54 | -18.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 08/01 - 08/03 | 37 | 59 | -22.0 |
| CBS News | 07/29 - 08/02 | 37 | 57 | -20.0 |
| CNN/USA Today/Gallup | 07/25 - 07/28 | 40 | 58 | -18.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 07/19 - 07/25 | 37 | 56 | -19.0 |
| Winston Group (R) | 07/11 - 07/12 | 39 | 53 | -14.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 07/08 - 07/11 | 34 | 52 | -18.0 |
| Westhill Partners/Hotline | 07/07 - 07/10 | 31 | 54 | -23.0 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 06/20 - 06/26 | 36 | 56 | -20.0 |
| Zogby | 06/20 - 06/22 | 43 | 53 | -10.0 |
| Gallup | 06/16 - 06/19 | 42 | 56 | -14.0 |
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