The Des Moines Register Final Poll Has Obama and Huckabee Ahead But Other Polls Differ

    The last Des Moines Register Poll -- which Iowans, of course, pay far more attention to than other polls -- shows these numbers for the Democrats: Obama 32%, Clinton 25%, Edwards 24%. And, on the GOP side: Huckabee 32%, Romney 26%, McCain 13%.
    In contrast, a new Insider Advantage poll in Iowa yesterday showed Clinton with 30%, Edwards with 29%, and Obama with 22%. When using a reallocation formula for the caucuses taking into account second choices, Edwards won with 41%, followed by Clinton at 34%, and Obama at 25%.
    So, the trend in the polls is that there is no trend because collectively they are all over the lot -- no surprise given the difficulty of polling this caucus. Still, given recent polls that had indicated that Obama or Huckabee might be slipping -- and a Des Moines Register confirmation of that trend would have created its own sense of momentum in the state -- both those camps must be breathing sighs of relief tonight.
    Both races still look up for grabs, impossible to predict.