Huck Rising, Rudy and Hill Falling

The latest Gallup poll shows big changes in the primary races with just a month to go before Iowa:

"National support for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani significantly eroded over the past month," USA TODAY Washington bureau chief Susan Page writes.

Meanwhile, Republican Mike Huckabee's standing in the national poll has shot up -- to the point where he leads a group of four GOP contenders basically tied for second place behind front-runner Giuliani.

Susan adds that results of the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll underscore the volatile nature of both the Democratic and Republican nomination battles with just one month to go before the Jan. 3 Iowa presidential caucuses.

With the Iowa caucuses coming so soon after Christmas, don't look for any relief from the constant political battles in the next 30 days.