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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain closed the gap in Maine on his presumptive Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, according to a Rasmussen poll released Friday.

The poll showed U.S. Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) with 36 percent support in Maine to U.S. Sen. Obama's (D-Ill.) 46 percent. While still trailing, the poll shows apparent progress for McCain, who lagged behind Obama, 55 percent to 33 percent, in a similar poll conducted on month ago.

What did Hillary Clinton say to Barack Obama to cause him to react in such a concerned way?

And why is Bill Clinton there looking for the fist bump?

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Following the suspension of the [presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Gov. John Baldacci (D-Bangor) threw his support behind U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who secured enough delegate support last week to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Baldacci had previously endorsed Clinton in her race to become the Democratic Party's nominee for president.

U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud became the last of Maine’s superdelegate delegation to endorse, giving his vote to Sen. Barack Obama for President.

This means seven of Maine’s superdelegates will vote for Barack Obama, and one will vote for Hillary Clinton.

Obama won the amount of delegates needed to clinch the nomination Tuesday night, but Clinton has yet to decide how to proceed.

Michaud’s full statement:

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Maine Democratic National Committeeman Sam Spencer endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for President this evening, and said he will strongly urge a shared ticket with Hillary Clinton as his Vice President.

“While it is clear that Senator Obama has won the nomination, it is also clear that the election is close to being a virtual tie. I call on other delegates to the national convention who agree with me that an Obama/Clinton ticket is our best path forward, including pledged delegates to both candidates, committed superdelegates, and superdelegates who are still uncommitted, to make similar statements,” Spencer said in a statement.

The convention floor is clear and delegates have disbursed to the various parties – all of which started three hours late.

Before the final speaker came out, convention chair Beth Edmonds announced the final delegate tally – 15 delegates from Maine will represent Barack Obama in Denver, and nine will represent Hillary Clinton. The results of all the other votes – for national delegate slots and DNC members – will be announced tomorrow.

The Democratic Convention appeared to be running smoothly up until lunchtime, when chaos erupted. At that point counties broke off into caucuses where voting was to take place on national delegates, presidential electors, state committee slots and DNC positions.

U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., spoke on behalf of Hillary Clinton Saturday at Maine's Democratic Convention. See below for video.