Charles Cook

September 15, 2008 - 10:57am

Stateline: Maine not a battleground state

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

A 50-state strategy will be impossible for the Presidential nominee Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, Stephen Fehr of Stateline.org reported today. Instead, the presidential race will come down to 20 states.

Maine isn’t on the list.

When former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean took over as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he said the party would compete in every state – even those that are traditionally red.

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