Republican presidential candidates, (L-R) U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, stand on stage during the Republican Party Of Florida debate Sunday. (Phillippe Diederich/Getty Images)
President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952.
The view from Iowa and New Hampshire
With polls showing their race much closer than the Democrats,' the leading Republican presidential candidates attacked each other's conservative credentials in their debate Sunday. How are the candidates faring in the first states to vote?
Guests
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Andrew Smith: Director of the Unviersity of New Hampshire's Survey Center. This year, the center is analyzing poll data for CNN and the Boston Globe.
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Bruce Gronbeck: Director of the University of Iowa Center for Media Studies and Political Culture.