Obama Mccain Matchup

Our Last Chance to Get the Country Back on Course

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Menachem Rosensaft

Reluctant Democrats, feminists and independents must now confront one simple reality: John McCain will be more of the same, while Barack Obama will take us into a different direction.

Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Has Seven Point Lead, But He's Losing Independents

Reuters | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Democrat Barack Obama has a 7-point lead on Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, and holds a small edge on the crucial question of wh...

New Poll: Presidential Race Tied

Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Rasmussen Reports' latest poll shows Barack Obama taking 44% of the vote while John McCain gets 42%. When "leaners" are included the numbers are even...

How To Blow A Lead In The Second Half

Bill Folman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Bill Folman

A historic victory is Obama's grasp so long as he remembers the football team who entered the second half 17 points ahead and doesn't throw out the brilliant strategy that got him this far.

Obama, Emily Dickinson, Hope and Me

Sherman Yellen | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

Those who believe that Obama (though he is too ready to compromise his principles) offers something good for America must remind the voters that McCain no longer has any principles to compromise.

Poll: Obama Has Slim National Lead

Time | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Illinois Senator Barack Obama enters the General Election with a tight lead, 43% to 38%, over Arizona Senator John McCain, according to a new TIME Mag...

The Story of the Race So Far -- the Surprising Weakness of John McCain

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Simon Rosenberg

McCain is a weak and bumbling candidate, ill-suited for a presidential race, and is still struggling to bring his party together. His polling numbers have slipped from the low 40s to 38, 36 -- and now 33.

As of June 22, 2008 -- Gallup Daily Tracking Poll Has Obama and McCain in Statistical Tie

Lanny Davis | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


Lanny Davis

Despite all the recent headlines, Obama cannot afford to be confident -- and he needs to reach out to expand his base. Clinton would still help him most as a vice presidential candidate.

Experience: Does Obama Trump McCain?

Newsweek | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


We are in the opening days of a presidential campaign that pits youth against age, the virtues of experience against the freshness and riskiness of th...

No Matter What, A Lefty Will Win the White House

New York Sun | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


While this year's presidential campaign has been marked by historic firsts, the nominations of senators McCain and Obama will renew one surprising tre...

McCain, Obama fail to agree on town halls

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday rejected Republican rival John McCain's proposal for 10 joint town-hall ap...

Obama Leads In First General Election Poll

Wall Street Journal | Jackie Calms | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama begins his presidential race against John McCain with a lead in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, but not so great an edge as...

Arizona May Be A Swing State

Washington Independent | John Dougherty | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Sen. John McCain's big struggle to energize a suspicious conservative Republican base and attract crucial independent voters is a national fight that ...

The Presiential Election is Not Going to Be Close

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


Guy T. Saperstein

Simply put, this is the worst possible time for any Republican to be running for president, and Obama is the perfect candidate for Democrats, and a nightmare for McCain.

Barack Obama Clinches the Democratic Nomination for President: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


Huffington Post

Hilary Rosen: I Am Not a Bargaining Chip, I Am a Democrat: Senator Clinton's speech last night was a justifiably proud recitation of her accomplishme...

Ten Key Steps to Put Obama Over the Top In November

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Democrats must now focus on accomplishing ten critical tasks that are key to winning the presidency this fall.

Obama's Path to Victory in November

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

The odds are good that Obama will win the presidency. And if Democrats execute with precision during the campaign, the odds are good that he will win with a healthy margin. Here's why.

Obama Competitive Against McCain With Key Voters

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is competing strongly against Republican John McCain for women, Catholics and other groups that have shunned him in th...

McCain's Burden of Proof

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


Dylan Loewe

What is becoming unmistakably evident from the first major brawl of the general election is that McCain should be afraid of the fact that Obama is not like other Democrats.

Obama In Limbo Over 'Almost Nominee' Status

NY Times | Jim Rutenberg | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


The contest with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton not quite over and the one with Senator John McCain not quite under way, Senator Barack Obama is float...

Obama Strategy To Beat Clinton: Ignore Her

LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama hasn't managed after months of political combat to force Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the presidential race, so he's about to try anothe...

Obama: McCain Is Out Of Touch, Not Me

The Page | Mark Halperin | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics


Plans to take on McCain at a speech before the annual meeting of the Associated Press after attacks by both rivals for "bitter" comments. Obama spoke...

Rockefeller Apologizes For Suggesting McCain Was Insensitive Warrior

Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., has apologized for comments he made about Sen. McCain that were reported in the Charleston Gazette: "McCain was a figh...

Poll: Obama Slips Behind McCain In Key Swing States

MyDD | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


SurveyUSA is out with three polls today that shows the first signs of an Obama electoral defeat in November if he should become the Democratic nominee...

Sam Stein

Obama Congratulates McCain: See You In The Fall

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics


Late Tuesday evening Sen. Barack Obama took a moment from waiting for election results to call Sen. John McCain and congratulate him on his Republican...


 

 Site  Web ask.com