Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is watching his opponents slip quietly into his territory at the top of many early voting states' polls and has relinquished the top spot in Iowa To Mike Huckabee. In Iowa, Huckabee's 39 percent showing in recent polls of probable Republican voters is too far ahead of Romney's 17 percent to be affected by the undecided voters or the margin of error of plus or minus five percent.
According to the numbers posted at usaelectionpolls.com, Romney is still holding on to New Hampshire by a slim one point margin against Huckabee, 28 to 27 percent and is leading Former Tennessee Congressman Fred Thompson in South Carolina with a 19 to 18 percent showing, another state where Huckabee has made tremendous strides and leads the pack with 30 percent.
Nationally, Mitt Romney is polling between 9% according to the latest LA Times poll and as high as 17% according to ABC News.
Not to be outdone on the campaign trail, and despite the self-described similarities to conservative Ronald Reagan, Romney is ignoring Reagan's mantra to not put down rivals from the same party. Romney has fired shots at Huckabee's record of being soft on illegal immigrants while at the same time pushing for tighter border controls. He is also being hampered in his efforts in New Hampshire by a resurgence by John McCain's campaign in that state.
Romney's camp is anxiously awaiting to see what happens now that Rudy Giuliani has increased his efforts in New Hampshire to try to recoup some of his supporters there as well. Giuliani was in Iowa touring with the state's governor in areas hardest hit by the recent winter storm.
