With just under a month now - feel the excitement build - until the Iowa caucuses, what's the news on the street in Ida Grove and Sac City? (There really is a town in Iowa called Sac City, which is kind of weird.)
Well, maybe it's the latest poll for the Republicans in Iowa, which shows the Baptist preacher from Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, in a near-tie with Mitt Romney:
Mitt Romney leads with 25%, but Mike Huckabee is in a statistical tie with 24%. Rudy Giuliani is in third with 14%, and Fred Thompson in fourth with 12%, according to the poll.
So what's the big news? Fred Thompson gets into double figures. OK, he's way back in fourth place but it's still the best news his campaign has had in three months.
