Huckabee and Giuliani tied in 2008 Republican race (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

Huckabee and Giuliani tied in 2008 Republican race
Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:24am EST

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Mike Huckabee has surged
into a virtual tie with front-runner Rudy Giuliani in the
national 2008 Republican presidential race two weeks
before the first contest, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll
released on Wednesday.

Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas whose campaign
has caught fire in recent weeks, wiped out an 18-point
deficit in one month to pull within one point of Giuliani,
23 percent to 22 percent.

Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton's national advantage over
second-place rival Barack Obama shrunk slightly to eight
percentage points as the races for the White House
tightened in both parties. Clinton had an 11-point edge
last month.

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"Huckabee is on a roll, he has gotten an enormous amount
of publicity and he is doing very well with conservatives,
who at least for now appear to have found a candidate,"
pollster John Zogby said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1952159120071219