Late Night Returns Tomorrow

Despite the ongoing strike by the Writer's Guild of America, five late night talk shows are all coming back on the air tomorrow with new episodes. While Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel will be coming back without their writing staff, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson struck a deal with the WGA that will allow their writing staff to come back to work with them. The deal might allow Letterman and Ferguson to book more high profile guests. Robin Williams is the first guest booked for Letterman and he will appear tomorrow. All in all, it's good to see some good entertainment returning.

Pakistani Elections Postponed

Following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the election committee in Pakistan has announced that the originally planned January 8th elections have now been postponed for at least 4 weeks.

Source: CNN

Pollspot: More Iowa

An InsiderAdvantage tracking poll in Iowa shows a statistical tie between Sen. Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in the Democratic presidential race with Sen. Barack Obama starting to lag.

Clinton leads with 30%, followed by Edwards at 29%, and Obama at 22%, with 14% committed to other candidates and 5% undecided. The poll has a margin of error of 3.4%.

Important finding: Edwards was the second choice of 62% of those who supported other candidates that did not receive the required 15% of the vote. Clinton was the second choice of 21% and Obama of 17%.

Pollspot: Neverending Polls

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll says Sen. Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney are leading. For Democrats, Clinton leads with 33%, followed by Obama at 31% and Edwards at 22%.

For Republicans, Romney leads with 31%, followed by Huckabee at 28%, Thompson at 13% or McCain at 10%.

Pollspot: Des Moines Register

"The final Des Moines Register poll before the Iowa caucuses shows Sen. Barack Obama leading the Democratic presidential race with 32%, followed by Sen. Hillary Clinton with 25% and John Edwards with 24%. The survey's margin of error is 3.5%.

In the Republican race, Mike Huckabee leads with 32%, followed by Mitt Romney at 26% and Sen. John McCain at 13%.Caveat: "The poll reflects continued fluidity in the race even as the end of the yearlong campaign nears. Roughly a third of likely caucusgoers say they could be persuaded to choose someone else before Thursday evening.""

Courtesy of Political Wire

Pollspot: Clinton and McCain in NH

A new poll in New Hampshire shows Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain expanding their leads in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire primary is in exactly one week.

New Hampshire:

A new 7News/Suffolk University poll in New Hampshire shows Sen. John McCain vaulting ahead of the Republican presidential field with 31% support, followed by Mitt Romney at 25%, Rudy Giuliani at 14% and Mike Huckabee at 9%.

On the Democratic side, the poll finds Sen. Hillary Clinton expanding her lead to 36%, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 22% and John Edwards at 14%.

Courtesy of Political Wire