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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_071114.htmThe CBS Evening News reported, "Just 51 days now until the first votes are cast in the presidential campaign in the Iowa caucuses. And as CBS News-New York Times poll out tonight finds, Democrats Clinton, Obama and Edwards are neck and neck and neck. On the Republican side, the surprise is Huckabee, now in striking distance of Romney." CBS (Greenfield) added, "In the latest CBS-New York Times poll, more than half the Iowa caucus goers say they could change their minds. But that is no match for a conflict-hungry media." Chris Lehane, Gore's former press secretary: "There is absolutely no question that the press want to make sure that there is a race." Greenfield: "Chris Lehane was Al Gore's campaign press secretary." Lehane: "And every speed bump that you run into literally becomes known as a brick wall that you have to get around."
In Iowa, Clinton leads with 25%, followed by John Edwards, 23%; Barack Obama, 22%; and Bill Richardson, 12%; with the rest of the field at 4% or less. On the GOP side, Romney leads with 27%, followed by Huckabee, 21%; Rudy Giuliani, 15%; Fred Thompson, 9%, Ron Paul, 4%; John McCain, 4%; and the rest of the field at 3% or less.
CBS and New York Times also released a New Hampshire survey today, but its results are far less striking, and are treated that way by the two organizations' coverage. On the Democratic side, Clinton leads in the Granite State with 37%, followed by Obama, 22%; Edwards, 9%; Richardson, 6%; Dennis Kucinich, 5%; and the rest of the field at 2% or less. On the GOP side, Romney leads with 34%, followed by McCain, 16%; Giuliani, 16%; Paul, 8%; Huckabee, 5%; and Thompson, 5%.
The New York Times reports the new polls show Democratic voters in Iowa and New Hampshire say Obama and Edwards "are more likely than Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to say what they believe, rather than what they think voters what to hear, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Polls. But they also view Mrs. Clinton as the best prepared and most electable Democrat in the field, the polls found." Republican voters in the state "say that Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, shares their values and views on immigration, a red-hot issue for Republicans in Iowa especially. But they are divided over whether Mr. Romney or Rudolph W. Giuliani, who Republican voters say does not share their values, would be the party's strongest general-election candidate - and electability looms as a crucial factor for Republican voters in those states."
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