Huckabee Tied with Rudy Nationally?

According to the Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll, Mike Huckabee is now tied with Rudy Giuliani for the national lead among Republicans:

With less than a month to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that Rudy Giuliani has fallen back in the pack in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Giuliani’s support has fallen to 18% and four other candidates are within six percentage points of the lead. Mike Huckabee is enjoying an amazing surge and now shares the top spot with Giuliani at 18%. Close behind are John McCain at 14%, Fred Thompson at 13%, and Mitt Romney at 12%. Ron Paul attracts 7% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide and no other Republican candidate reaches 2%

Some are suggesting that Huckabee has inspired that portion of the Republican electorate that was waiting for Fred Thompson to act like a guy who wanted the job. When Fred failed they looked around and found Huckabee as the next best thing.

If that 13% that's still holding out for Fred comes to the same decision, it's all over.


On the Dem side, Hillary Clinton has lost 8 percentage points in two weeks - down from 43% to 35%. However, she still holds a commanding lead over Obama who has been steady at around 23%. John Edwards is at 17% and nobody else is a factor. There's no reason to believe that Hillary's slide has stopped.