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2007-12-03 Home Front: Politix

Obama, Huckabee lead 2008 race in Iowa: poll

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee surged into narrow leads in Iowa in a poll released on Sunday, barely a month before the state holds the first contest in a shifting 2008 presidential race.

The poll by the Des Moines Register, the state's largest newspaper, showed Obama with a three-point edge over national front-runner Hillary Clinton in Iowa, 28 percent to 25 percent, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards third at 23 percent.

Among Republicans, Huckabee moved past previous leader Mitt Romney to take a five-point edge, 29 percent to 24 percent. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who leads national polls, trails in third place at 13 percent.

The poll of 500 likely Iowa caucus-goers in each party had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Can't decide which side is made to look more stupid by this poll. We've both kind of scraped bottom here.

Posted by Iblis 2007-12-03 12:21|| 2007-12-03 12:21|| Front Page Top

#2 The hidden good news for Republicans is that Romney's entire strategy is to win in Iowa and NH. Anyone else takes those states and Romney's out, which is a very good thing for Republicans. I made this mistake of working on his campaign in '94 in Massachussets against Gin-Blossom Ted. Romney runs an awful campaign. Nothing but heartbreak there.

Posted by Iblis 2007-12-03 12:25|| 2007-12-03 12:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Could be worse, could be ron paul leading for both parties.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-12-03 12:26|| 2007-12-03 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Huckabee is a nice fellow but I believe he would be a potential disaster based on his record as a Governor (frankly, Clinton was probably a better governor of that State) IMO.

Romney, on the other hand, governed Massachusetts about as well as it can be governed.

Posted by mhw 2007-12-03 13:40|| 2007-12-03 13:40|| Front Page Top

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