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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 Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes (AP)
US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect (AP) Dodd seeks difficult consensus on financial rules (AP)
Dodd: Wall St. reform 'cannot wait' (Politico) Politico - Chris Dodd will unveil a revised financial reform bill Monday that seeks to find middle ground. Scandal has Ensign under seige (Politico) Politico - A persistent drip of info about his sex scandal has colleagues asking if he can serve effectively. AP Exclusive: Pentagon gun was from Tenn. police (AP)
US lawmakers attack China ahead of Nov. elections (AP)
Sen. Harry Reid's wife released from hospital (AP)
Common problems when filling out US census forms (AP) AP - Some common problems when filling out U.S. census forms, which arrive by mail beginning Monday: White House stands ground on high court criticism (AP)
Obama, Medvedev encouraged on arms talks accord (AP)
Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe (AP)
Irish police free 4 in alleged artist murder plot (AP) AP - Four people, including an American woman, arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge, but three others remain in custody, Irish police said Saturday. Health Care 101: A consumer primer on Obama's bill (AP) AP - It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it'll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and insurance companies. Obama's health care legacy hangs on power of Clyburn's persuasion (McClatchy Newspapers)
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