Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/presidential-candidates-face-tight-race-in-iowa-caucus Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript With just one month to go before Iowa's presidential caucus, candidates are beefing up campaign efforts in the Hawkeye State while see-sawing polls show that some Iowans may still be wavering on their picks. Political reporters look at the polls and campaign tactics. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. RAY SUAREZ: For months, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney had been the clear Republican frontrunner in Iowa, having poured most of his time, energy and resources here in anticipation of the January 3rd caucuses. And among the Democrats, New York Senator Hillary Clinton all along has held the steady lead, not just in Iowa, but in national polling, as well.But now, exactly one month from the Iowa caucuses, both candidates have seen their leads narrow or, in one poll, slip away.It's former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee who's moved to the front of the Republican pack. A Des Moines Register poll, just released, shows Huckabee with support from 29 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers, a 17-point jump since October. Romney is now at 24 percent, with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attracting 13 percent.The Register's poll of likely Democratic caucus-goers puts Obama on top with 28 percent, up 6 percent from October. Hillary Clinton is second with 25 percent, but within the 4.5 percent margin of error. And former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, who finished second in Iowa in 2004, is close with 23 percent.Meanwhile, the results of a new Pew Research Center-Associated Press poll still has Hillary Clinton first, with 31 percent support from likely caucus-goers. Obama is second at 26 percent, but within the poll's 5.5 percent margin of error. John Edwards again is third, with 19 percent support.In Iowa this weekend, Obama continued to make his case that he's the most electable candidate and pointed to the new poll numbers.SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D), Illinois: If you look at polls that have been done around the country, but also here in Iowa, it indicates that, in fact, Republicans and independents are more favorably disposed towards my campaign than they are to some of the other candidates. RAY SUAREZ: Also in Iowa, Clinton went on the offensive against Obama and said she would continue to do so.SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D), New York: But I have been, for months, on the receiving end of rather consistent attacks. Well, now the fun part starts. We're into the last month, and we're going to start drawing the contrasts, because I want every Iowan to have accurate information when they make their decisions. RAY SUAREZ: Mike Huckabee, meanwhile, appeared on ABC's "This Week" and was asked if he was peaking too soon.FORMER GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE (R), Arkansas: No, I'm not peaking at all. I'm still gaining and growing. You peak when you stop. We haven't stopped yet. RAY SUAREZ: And looking to allay concerns from Iowa's Christian conservative voters, Mitt Romney has announced he'll address his Mormon faith during a speech on Thursday at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.