Killing political reporters' chances at ringing in the New Year, the Des Moines Register will release its all-important Iowa poll tonight.

FOX News' Carl Cameron talks about the "Huckabee Moment" from earlier today:

Now, about that ad, Mark Halperin has a partial transcript here and some bootlegged footage here.

"Make me your second choice..." Barack Obama gives some last-minute advice to Iowa caucus-goers. Needless to say, this wasn't the message Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe was telling reporters on a conference call this morning.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton took some verbal whacks at surging John Edwards: "Instead of, like, generating a lot of heat and rolling your hands and jumping up and down, lets just sit down and figure out how we are going to beat them."

We're only days away from the Iowa Caucuses and that means the push-pollsters are on the hunt.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour announced today his choice of Rep. Roger Wicker to replace the outgoing Sen. Trent Lott.

Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot a Gerald Ford back in 1975, was released from prison today, having served about 30 years of a life sentence.