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Video: Obama, up in ND polls, airs new ad

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.31.08 | 9:23 am

With Barack Obama’s polling improving in traditionally red North Dakota, the Democrat’s campaign is debuting a new TV spot there. The commercial, which will also air this weekend in Georgia and John McCain’s home

North Dakota: Third poll in a week has presidential race tied

By Andy Birkey | 10.17.08 | 2:05 pm


For the third time this week, a new poll has the presidential race in North Dakota neck-and-neck, prompting RealClearPolitics and Pollster.com to move the state into the tossup category.

Another poll shows dead heat in North Dakota

By Andy Birkey | 10.16.08 | 3:40 pm

A fresh North Dakota poll released Thursday shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by 3 points, 44 percent to 41 percent, within the poll’s 4.4 percent margin of error. A poll released Monday by The Forum newspaper…

North Dakota is the Saudi Arabia of… oil

By Chris Steller | 06.06.08 | 1:51 pm

Claiming that a certain state or country is “the Saudi Arabia of” wind, solar, biomass or some other form of renewable energy is so three months ago.

Back in March, a Minnesota Monitor survey found the…