Hillary Slipping In Iowa

Hillary's strategy of campaigning in Iowa by inviting Iowa activists to dine at her Washington D.C. mansion isn't working.

A new Research 2000 poll on the Iowa Caucuses finds Clinton in fourth place.

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
John Edwards 22%
Barack Obama 22%
Tom Vilsack 12%
Hillary Clinton 10%
John Kerry 5%
Wesley Clark 4%
Dennis Kucinich 4%
Joe Biden 1%
Evan Bayh 1%
Bill Richardson 1%

Among the Republicans, McCain and Giliani remain close and far ahead of other prospective candidates.

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
John McCain 27%
Rudy Giuliani 26%
Mitt Romney 9%
Newt Gingrich 7%
Condoleeza Rice 4%
George Pataki 1%
Jeb Bush 1%
George Allen 1
%Sam Brownback
1%Rick Santorum 1%
Duncan Hunter 0%

The poll was conducted from December 18-20 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent. Details are available here [pdf file].

Dave Wissing has more at The Hedgehog Report.