Supporters of Rep. Dick Gephardt (news - web sites) of Missouri wait for their candidate to arrive at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa January 11, 2004. Gephardt is in a near tie with Howard Dean (news - web sites) in polling for the January 19 Iowa caucuses. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vermont governor Howard Dean (news - web sites) speaks to voters at the Linn County Democrats Hall of Fame dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jan. 10, 2004. A Reuters/MSNBC/Zogby poll released Sunday shows Dean holds a two-point lead over Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt in Iowa barely one week before the state's caucuses. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)