New Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg national poll out (
On the Republican side, Huckabee continues his surge while Giuliani slides, resulting in a 19-point net swing in Huckabee's favor over the last five weeks:
Republicans
Giuliani 23 (-9 vs. last poll Oct 19-22)
Huckabee 17 (+10)
Thompson 14 (-1)
McCain 11 (-2)
Romney 9 (-2)
Paul 5 (+3)
Giuliani's lead in the updated RCP Average has slipped to 11.9%.
On the Democratic side, the polls shows a bit of tightening in the last five weeks, but Hillary still maintains a substantial lead:
Democrats
Clinton 45 (-3 vs. last poll Oct 19-22)
Obama 21 (+4)
Edwards 11 (-2)
Richardson 3 (+1)
Biden 3 (+1)
Clinton leads by 18.2% in the updated RCP Average, but as you can see by looking at this chart, she's shed seven points nationally over the last six weeks from her high-point in mid-October.

