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Romney Rules Iowa Poll; Clinton and Obama Tied

Edwards falls off; Huckabee climbs

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2007 3:03 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Mitt Romney continues to build a massive lead in Iowa, where his only vulnerability seems to comes from the Christian conservative dash to Mike Huckabee; Romney is up 8.4% since August to a total of 36.2% in a University of Iowa poll out today, while Huckabee has spiked 11% to 12.8%, the Des Moines Register reports.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has 28.9% of the Dem vote, a statistical dead heat with Barack Obama at 26.6%; John Edwards has slid to 20% from 26% in August. Gender is a major player in the latest numbers. Romney is the only Republican in the field to boast more support among women than men, and Clinton, though the first choice among women, is the third choice among men.

Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)
Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)   (Associated Press)
New York Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton moves toward the podium as husband and former U.S. president Bill Clinton walks behind at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 in New York. The Clinton campaign marked this as the start of the countdown to Super Tuesday,...
New York Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton moves toward the podium as husband and former U.S. president Bill Clinton walks behind at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Saturday,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets supporters at a Rally for Change at the University of Iowa in this July 3, 2007 in Iowa City, Iowa. As Clinton turns 60, later this month, she and other Democrats are expected to be preparing for a debate in...
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets supporters at a Rally for Change at the University of Iowa in this July 3, 2007 in Iowa City, Iowa. As Clinton turns 60, later...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton arrives to speak to potential supporters at the Polk County Fall Dinner Friday Oct. 19, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton arrives to speak to potential supporters at the Polk County Fall Dinner Friday Oct. 19, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses a town hall meeting in West Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses a town hall meeting in West Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an Ask Mitt Anything meeting, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an "Ask Mitt Anything" meeting, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)   (Associated Press)
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