Clinton remains in front but Edwards fights back

DEMOCRAT Hillary Clinton holds a slim lead in Iowa over Barack Obama and a rising John Edwards, who are tied for second place three days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/ Zogby poll released yesterday.

About 6% of likely caucus-goers in each party remain undecided of their choice in Thursday’s contest, the first big test in the state-by-state battle to choose Republican and Democratic candidates in November’s presidential election.

“It’s about as close as you can get at the top in both races,” pollster John Zogby said. “But it’s still very uncertain.”