McCain vaults to top of poll

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who won the Republican primary in New Hampshire, leads the field of GOP presidential hopefuls, a new national poll indicated.

About one-third of Republican primary voters polled by the New York Times and CBS News said they support McCain -- up from 7 percent a month ago, when McCain's campaign had largely been written off, the Times reported Sunday.

McCain's closest competitor, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, had the support of 18 percent of those polled, while former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was preferred by 10 percent.

One-time front-runner Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, had only single-digit support.

The poll suggests the race for the Republican presidential nomination is highly in flux, the newspaper said. About three in four Republican voters said they have not made up their minds.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was still the top pick of Democratic primary voters polled, with the support of 42 percent. Illinois Sen. Barack Obama was second with 27 percent, while 11 percent said they favored former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.