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Des Moines, IA (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama surged to a 4 point lead over John Edward in Iowa, with Hillary Clinton fading to third place just hours before the first presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=4076176&page=1

Obama and Edwards gained ground overnight in the tracking poll, and Clinton fell four points to third place - a finish that, if it held, would deal a dramatic setback to the one-time Democratic front-runner.

The new Zogby tracking poll shows a clear break toward Obama and away from Hillary.

If Obama beats Hillary by 7% in "Iowa", it's a landslide and Obama has a whole new narrative that says: "Iowa proves Obama can bring together a governing coalition that can end the partisan gridlock and change our country and the world." However, this is based on the 2004 turn out model. If a few Independents, youth and Republicans show up for Obama on top of this, the entire world will be much different tomorrow morning.

"There is a clear Clinton fade," pollster John Zogby said. "None of it has been dramatic, but it has been steady."

Obama 32%, Clinton 25%, Edwards 24% - Des Moines Register's Final ('Golden') Poll

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's nominating caucuses, according to The Des Moines Register's final Iowa Poll before the 2008 nominating contests, also referred to as the "Golden Poll".

The findings mark the largest lead of any of the Democratic candidates in the Register's poll all year, showing Obama with a lead larger than the survey's margin of sampling error, which is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Obama Grabs Lead In Iowa

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0264367920080103

Real Clear Politics Iowa Average: Obama +4.2

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ia/iowa_democratic_caucus-208.html

Intrade Real Time Quotes To Win Iowa

Obama 61%, Clinton 24%, Edwards 15%

Biden Aide: "Right now, Obama gets our support because we're more inline with his vision of foreign policy than any of the other candidates, and besides, we like him and how he's run his campaign."

Biden Likely To Throw Support To Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-davis/obama-on-track-to-win-cau_b_79308.html