That's not the temperature in Iowa - although that's not far off - it's the number of days until the Iowa caucus. The latest poll numbers out today have more good news for Obama and Huckabee, but both races remain very close and Iowa is notoriously hard to poll:
Diageo/Hotline statewide survey of likely caucus-goers (margin of error 4%):
- Barack Obama runs even with Hillary Clinton (both at 27%); John Edwards at 22%, Bill Richardson at 8%, Joe Biden 5%.
- Mike Huckabee leads Mitt Romney 36% to 23%; Rudy GIuliani trails at 12%, Fred Thompson 8%, John McCain and Ron Paul both 5%.
Research 2000 statewide survey of likely caucus-goers (margin of error 4.5%):
- Obama at 33% leads Clinton and Edwards (both at 24%); Richardson trails at 9%.
- Huckabee leads Romney 31% to 22%; Thompson and Giuliani both 9%, McCain and Ron Paul both 7%.
