Surgin' Dean leads N.H. polls

Howard Dean leads his Democratic rivals in New Hampshire by 12 percentage points, and President Bush's support among likely voters of all parties appears to be shrinking in the state, according to a newspaper poll published Wednesday.

It found that if the primary were held today, 31 percent of likely Democrat voters would vote for Dean, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, with 19 percent support, was slightly ahead of retired Gen. Wesley Clark, at 12 percent.