Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Well look who is climbing in the polls

WASHINGTON (Nov. 21) - With six weeks left until the Iowa caucuses, the presidential horserace has taken some unexpected turns, according to the most recent numbers from a national Reuters/Zogby poll.

On the Republican side, Rudy Giuliani widened his lead over Fred Thompson to 14 points, 29 percent to 15 percent. Last month, the former New York City mayor led the former Tennessee senator and "Law & Order" star by eight points.

But the biggest jump came from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who leapfrogged over Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney into third place. Huckabee had 11 percent, with Romney and Arizona Sen. John McCain hot on his heels with 9 percent.