Arizona Senator John McCain may be stumbling in the Republican Presidential nomination race, but he still performs competitively against top Democratic candidates, including Senator John Edwards. The latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 poll shows Edwards leading McCain by just four percentage points, 45% to 41%.

Against Edwards, McCain is bouncing back. He trailed the former North Carolina Senator by seven percentage points in July and by 13 in June. In June, the Senate debate over immigration reform sent McCain’s campaign into a tailspin.

Recent surveys also show McCain is competitive against other top Democrats. He is just two points behind New York Senator Hillary Clinton, six points behind Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

Senator McCain's latest effort to rev up his campaign is a biographical video intended to remind voters of his wartime service. It includes footage of him being interrogated by enemy soldiers during the Vietnam War.

The senator's wartime record has always been important to voters, but his favorables are now about ten percentage points lower than they were early in the year. Nationally, McCain is now viewed favorably by 44%, unfavorably by 47%, a slight decline since mid-August.

McCain also struggles in his home state--just 48% of Arizona voters have a favorable opinion of their Senator. Not only that, a survey released today shows that former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson outperforms McCain in general election match-ups on McCain’s home turf.

John Edwards is now viewed favorably by 52%, unfavorably by 41%. That's middling for Edwards, and about where he was in early August. Over the last several months his favorable ratings have been as low as 47%, as high as 57%.

Rasmussen Reports has recently released state polling results in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio, Florida, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Oregon, Colorado, New York, Illinois and New Hampshire.

In Primary Polls, Clinton leads all Democrats in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida.

The Republican Primary picture is more muddled. Romney leads in New Hampshire, Thompson leads in South Carolina, and Giuliani is on top in Florida.

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