Dean`s Lead In New Hampshire Shrinks
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Democratic presidential
candidate Wesley Clark plans to spend the day again today in New
Hampshire, trying to close the lead that former Vermont Governor
Howard Dean is showing in the polls.
Recent polls show Clark has passed Senator John Kerry and has
moved into second place.
The tightening of the New Hampshire race has prompted Dean to
revise his strategy and is injecting new energy into the retired
Army general`s campaign.
Clark is not competing in the kickoff Iowa caucuses on January
19th and instead is focusing much of his energy and attention on
New Hampshire`s January 27th primary.
Private polling by two campaigns in New Hampshire showed that
Dean`s lead has shrunk to single digits from a first-of-the-year
high of about 25 percentage points. That`s according to officials
familiar with the polls.
Dean is locked in a close four-way fight in Iowa. Dean spent
yesterday in Vermont and planned a campaign stop in New Hampshire
before heading back to Iowa.
