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According to a new Suffolk University poll, Jon Huntsman has now moved into third place in New Hampshire with 13 percent. Welcome to the wild west! The state of play today is that Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich all have a good chance to win the Iowa caucus. Jon Huntsman is now making a run in New Hampshire. And a number of conservative opinion leaders are now taking a second look at Huntsman, while the National Review launches a scathing attack on Gingrich.

We need more polling data to determine how serious the Huntsman run becomes. What could happen is that Newt loses his surge, Mitt fails to rise much above his 20-25 percent base, Ron Paul steadies above 20 percent in Iowa and they all come out of Iowa with a tight three-way finish.

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