Boston Globe's NH poll shows McCain closing in fast on Romney; Obama now with slight lead

Factor in that "roughly 40 percent of likely voters in both parties indicated they are still undecided" and the poll has a margin of error of +/-4.9 percent. But one thing is clear, voters are moving around in New Hampshire -- and the movement is benefitting McCain on the GOP side and Obama on the Democratic side. Also, remember, New Hampshire voters are notoriously fickle, so this could change overnight -- especially over the night of January 3rd, the Iowa caucus.

The Boston Globe has Romney leading McCain by a 28% to 25% margin. Rudy's dropped to third with 14%. On the Democratic side, it's Obama at 30%, Clinton at 28% and Edwards with 14%. More below.

Senator John McCain of Arizona, whose bid for the Republican presidential nomination was all but dead this summer, has made a dramatic recovery in the Granite State 2 1/2 weeks before the 2008 vote, pulling within 3 percentage points of front-runner Mitt Romney, a new Boston Globe poll indicates.

McCain, the darling of New Hampshire voters in the 2000 primary, has the support of 25 percent of likely Republican voters, compared with 28 percent for Romney. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has slid into third place, with 14 percent. A Globe poll of New Hampshire voters last month had Romney at 32 percent, Giuliani at 20 percent, and McCain at 17 percent.

Among Democratic voters, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has opened up a narrow lead over Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, 30 percent to 28 percent. That, too, represents a major shift from last month's Globe poll, which had Clinton with a 14-point advantage. Former senator John Edwards of North Carolina remained a steady third at 14 percent.