President 2008Republican Overview: With the Iowa caucuses in one week and the New Hampshire primary in 12 days, the GOP picture is getting fuzzier, rather than clearer. With former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee under increased scrutiny, and front-running former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney being closely watched for any misstep, lesser candidates are seeing glimpses of hope.
In New Hampshire, a late surge in the polls by Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) shows that the original frontrunner's long-shot strategy is paying off. McCain, as he did in 2000, has written off Iowa, and he is hoping a poor finish in the caucuses won't hurt him in New Hampshire five days later -- especially if Huckabee, and not Romney, wins the caucuses.
A win in New Hampshire could aid McCain in third-in-the-nation Michigan on Jan.
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If Romney finishes behind Huckabee in Iowa and behind McCain in New Hampshire, he's seriously wounded and probably finished (with a big win in Michigan a week later his only hope to hang on). He still has the most money and the strongest campaign team, but those two early losses would devastate his strategy of winning big early to get ahead of Giuliani, who still leads (though barely) in national polls.
NOTE: BOB NOVAK IS NO JOHN McCAIN FAN; HE HAS BEEN WRITING NEGATIVE
ARTICLES ON THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN FROM DAY1 - THIS IS HUGE NEWS!!!
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