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WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain conceded battleground Michigan to Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday, a major retreat as he struggles to regain his footing in a campaign increasingly dominated by economic issues.
McCain's campaign confirmed it was pulling staff and advertising out of the economically distressed Midwestern state. Resources will be sent to competitive states including Maine, where the campaign checked advertising rates this week.See the full content of this document
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Mccain Gives Up Mich., Focuses On Maine
"We are opening up an aggressive front in Maine, where we have strong numbers and where they split their electoral votes," Mike DuHaime, political director of the campaign, said in a conference call with reporters.
Maine is one of only two states - Nebraska being the other - that award their electoral votes by c...See the full content of this document
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