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Trustworthy Iowa Poll Shows Obama and Huckabee with Leads, But Within Margins of Error
- Des Moines Register Iowa Poll
- Des Moines Register | December 31, 2007
- One Poll to Rule Them All: Pundits await the most trusted poll in Iowa
- Slate | December 31, 2007

Chelsea Clinton to 9 Year Old: "I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press and that applies to you, unfortunately."
- Chelsea Clinton guards her words
- Yahoo, AP | December 30, 2007
Huckabee Uses Old Political Trick . . . It Worked
- Saying He Pulled Negative Ad, Huckabee Shows It
- New York Times | December 31, 2007


Iowa: Romney and Huckabee in a Dead Heat
- Huckabee: Romney Okayed $50 Abortions
- Newsmax | December 31, 2007
- Poll: Hillary Leads in Iowa; Huckabee, Romney Even
- Newsmax | December 30, 2007
- 4 Days to Iowa, Huckabee Assails Rival
- AP | December 30, 2007
- Huckabee calls Romney 'desperate'
- Politico | December 30, 2007
- Republican Campaigning Turns Testy in Days Before Caucuses; Both Races Too Close to Call
- Fox News | December 30, 2007
- Analysis: Romney and Candor
- AP | December 30, 2007
- Giuliani wistful for Iowa of old
- Washington Times | December 30, 2007
- Can Huck hang on?
- Politico | December 30, 2007
- Decorum urged upon confused caucus-goers
- Washington Times | December 30, 2007
- Huckabee Fights Back - Under assault from Romney the nice candidate gets less so
- Slate | December 30, 2007
- Huckabee: Romney is dishonest, desperate: On 'Meet the Press,' he and Obama acknowledge attacks might hurt them
- MSNBC, AP | December 30, 2007
- Shake, Rattle and Roil the Grand Ol’ Coalition
- New York Times | December 30, 2007
- On the Road: A Farewell to Ames
- New York Times | December 30, 2007
- Huckabee Fights Back Against Romney
- Washington Post | December 30, 2007
- THE NOTE: Great Expectations
- ABC News | December 30, 2007
![]() Yahoo! News: Politics News Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely (AP) AP - Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics (AP)
Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory (AP) AP - Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses. Gingrich shunned lobbying but hired lobbyists (AP) AP - GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting business never lobbied. But records show that he hired state and federal lobbyists, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs. Hoekstra's broken English ad draws more criticism (AP) AP - A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies. Obama: Negative ads will have role in 2012 race (AP) AP - President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the lead-up to November's presidential election. Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club (AP)
Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran (AP)
Super Bowl obscenity a mess for FCC (Politico) Politico - Singer M.I.A.'s act is likely to be reviewed. Poll: Obama over 50% vs. Mitt (Politico) Politico - It's the first time since July that he's garnered more than half the votes in a matchup with Romney. GOP ends NV vote count; Romney on top with 50% (AP)
FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats (AP) AP - You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy. Air Force to cut 10,000 airmen, shift aircraft (AP) AP - The Air Force on Friday detailed plans to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year, as part of a broad move to downsize and shift capabilities around the country to be better prepared for wars of the future. Conservatives take second powerful post in Finland (AP)
Obama tightens Iran sanctions over bank "deception" (Reuters) Reuters - President Barack Obama signed an executive order imposing stricter sanctions on Iran and its central bank, saying new powers to freeze assets were needed because Iranian banks were concealing transactions, the White House said on Monday. Increase Search Engine Traffic |





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