John McCain’s campaign tonight sought to tamp down a report by CNN’s John King that they’re looking for a path to victory that doesn’t include Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado — all states won by President Bush in 2004

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A poll conducted in New Hampshire before the Iowa caucuses and released on Friday showed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton leading Obama, 32 percent to 26 percent among Democrats. It also showed Sen. John McCain leading the pack among Republicans.

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THE NUMBERS

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 31 percent

Barack Obama, 26 percent

John Edwards, 19 percent

Bill Richardson, 10 percent

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Clinton and Obama are in a statistical tie among likely Democratic voters in the state, whose Jan. 3 caucuses will open the voting in the 2008 presidential campaign. Clinton has only a slight lead among women, a group she usually dominates. Though Clinton leads Obama 35 percent to 24 percent among Democrats, Obama leads 32 percent to 19 percent with Democratic-leaning independents, who made up a fifth of Democratic caucus-goers in 2004. Obama has a slight lead among voters less than age 50, but Clinton has a two-to-one edge among older people — and they were a majority of caucus participants four years ago.

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