Certainly, the Republican race has gotten more interesting now that it appears to have broadened beyond just Romney, Giuliani, and Thompson as the leading contenders.

Enthusiasm for Huckabee may be as much a lack of enthusiasm for the other GOP candidates as it is fondness for Huckabee, a number of political observers are speculating, including Stuart Rothenberg.

As polls report what appears to be an Iowa race too close to call for the Democrats, fighting continues among the Obama-Clinton camps, with Clinton staffers reportedly raising questions about Obama's past personal life.

With the Iowa caucus fast approaching on January 3 and Clinton said to be leading Obama by a statistically insignificant margin, various media outlets are reporting on a perceived uptick in squabbling over policy differences between the Clinton and Obama camps.

In a week featuring the anticipated CNN/YouTube GOP Debate, Hillary Clinton still managed to generate the bulk of campaign coverage, with stories ranging from her campaign's apparent slip into attack mode, to the all-important Barbra Streisand endorsement.

The next big event in the 2008 presidential race will be the CNN/YouTube Republican Debate on Wednesday.

The apparently ever tumultuous personal and political life of Rudy Giuliani rocks on, with the recent news of his endorsement by influential conservative leader Pat Robertson.

Obama has been winning some good press lately with a comedic endorsement by Borat and widespread praise for his speech at the Iowa's influential Jefferson-Jackson dinner, attended by about 9,000 Democratic state party leaders.

Some observers were beginning to wonder if Fred Thompson's heart was really in the race, given his reportedly scarce appearances in New Hampshire. But he did recently show up in person, as tradition dictates in the state, to file the official papers for his candidacy couple of times since.

In the latest polling, according to CNNPolitics.com, Edwards leads Democratic candidates in Iowa with 27%, followed by Clinton with 22% and Obama with 16%.