Reuters: Obama, Huckabee win in Iowa 04 January

The Sunshine State, where Huckabee has moved into first place-- was supposed to be a firewall for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani-- who appears to have lost a good deal of Republican support. Jon Decker reports.

The Illinois senator ran on a campaign of change and against what he called the partisan climate in American politics. Obama's win has dealt a setback to national front-runner New York Senator Hillary Clinton in the first nominating contest of the 2008 U.S presidential election and gives him momentum as he heads into the January 8th primary vote in New Hampshire, where polls showed him in a tight race with Clinton.

Whether it's Mike Huckabee playing his bass guitar at a local Iowa mall, Fred Thompson meeting with voters at the Iowa state fair or Barack Obama making an appearance on Saturday Night Live, persuading voters to like them is one of the oldest games in presidential politics. Jon Decker reports.

The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll put Obama within striking distance of Clinton in New Hampshire. She led Obama 32 percent to 26 percent. Former Sen. John Edwards, the runner-up in Iowa, was at 20 percent and no other Democrat was in double digits.

New York Senator Hillary Clinton fought back --thanks to the strength of women voters-- to narrowly beat the winner of the Iowa Caucuses--- Barack Obama by three percentage points. Senator John McCain scored a big win in the New Hampshire primary-- pushing the Arizona Senator into frontrunner status. Jon Decker reports.

Obama and Edwards gained ground overnight in the tracking poll, and Clinton fell four points to third place -- a finish that, if it held, would deal a dramatic setback to the one-time Democratic front-runner. In the Republican race, Mike Huckabee expanded his lead to six points, 31 to 25 percent, over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the one-time leader in Iowa who has attacked Huckabee for his record as Arkansas governor.

While the race is essentially a dead-heat in Iowa-- Republicans acknowledge that either candidate would be a formidable opponent in the general election. Jon Decker reports.

The former Arkansas governor appeared to be enjoying himself in the state on Friday, playing bass guitar in Henniker with a local band before an enthusiastic crowd of about 400.

The most recent Reuters/Zogby National poll shows a neck and neck race between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. On the Republican side the poll, taken before the Michigan primary, shows Senator John McCain leading former Governor Mike Huckabee.