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Article: ANALYSIS: Both Iowa Contests Tight
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- December 2, 2007
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Call it a brave new world in Iowa presidential politics.
The races for both the Republican and Democratic nominations here are toss ups as voting approaches, a double-dose of fluidity unseen in decades. At the same time, the effect of winning _ or losing _ the leadoff Iowa caucuses in 2008 is anyone's guess.
Will Iowa christen the nominees and give them steam to run the table of rapid-fire primaries? Or will the state set the stage for upsets in next-up New Hampshire five days later?
Regardless of the answer, dogfights on both sides are certain in the five weeks until Iowans caucus.
A poll released Sunday by The Des Moines Register shows both races in dead heats.
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