Showdown in Iowa

For Republicans and Democrats alike, it may be a photo finish

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Article Last Updated: 01/03/2008 06:21:43 AM MST

DES MOINES - The world is focusing on Iowa today.
This state of 3 million people could make or break the lifelong hopes of contenders and the prayers of their supporters, and in the end, it could propel a candidate to the White House while dooming others to has-been status.
Tonight, a small percentage of Iowans will meet at their local high schools, firehouses and city halls to officially choose a presidential candidate in the first step toward narrowing the field of Republican and Democratic contenders.
Polls show a neck-and-neck race in Iowa on the Republican side between two former governors, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, and an even tighter race between Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards.
After raising and spending millions of dollars, and countless speeches and commercials, the wide-open race for the presidency starts its final stride tonight.
"The point is, this is the first real vote, as opposed to opinion polls," says Alan Lichtman, a political historian at American University in Washington.

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