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Article: Suddenly, Huckabee Is in Romney's Rearview Mirror; Polls Show That The Two Are in Virtual Tie in Iowa
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- The Washington Post
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- November 25, 2007
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For six months, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has
owned Iowa.
He spent millions on TV and unleashed his extended family to
blanket the state. He survived a farm-town blitz by Sen. Sam
Brownback (R-Kan.) and the late entrance of former senator Fred D.
Thompson (Tenn.) into the Republican race. Romney's money and
organization bought him a convincing victory at the Ames
presidential straw poll and a seemingly unshakable lead in the Iowa
survey.
But his vision of quick, one-two victories here and in New
Hampshire is crumbling, suddenly threatened by former Arkansas
governor Mike Huckabee, a candidate who spent most of 2007 out of
the spotlight and has struggled to raise money. Polls ...