Edwards, Romney ahead in latest Iowa polls

New polls offer more good news for John Edwards and Mitt Romney, at least in Iowa, host of the first presidential caucus.

In a poll of likely Republican caucus voters, Romney led with 35 percent, well ahead of Rudy Giuliani with 12 percent, Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee with 11 percent each, Tom Tancredo with 9 percent, and John McCain with 7 percent.

The survey was conducted by McLaughlin & Associates for ONE Vote '08, which is trying to get candidates to address global poverty. It was conducted Aug. 20 and 21 of 500 voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.

Meanwhile, a poll done for Time magazine shows Edwards in first place among likely Democratic caucus-goers with 29 percent. Hillary Clinton had 24 percent, Barack Obama had 22 percent, and Bill Richardson had 11 percent.

The survey was conducted by SRBI among 519 registered voters between Aug. 22 and 26 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.