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Voting Season Nears Without Frontrunner

By Renee Montagne, Mara Liasson, Ken Rudin

Published December 31, 2007 at 3:00 AM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

All eyes are on Iowa. On Jan. 3, caucus goers open the 2008 presidential voting season. Polls indicate the Democratic and Republican races are too close to call.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other potential independent presidential candidates are due to join prominent Republican and Democratic centrists at a meeting on Jan. 7 that will consider the merits of a third-party bid for the White House.

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Renee Montagne

Renee Montagne, one of the best-known names in public radio, is a special correspondent and host for NPR News.

Mara Liasson

Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.

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