Presidential candidates hit the campaign trail on New Year's Eve

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Presidential candidates hit the campaign trail on New Year's Eve

A gallery of photos from the presidential campaign trail on New Year's Eve.

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee gets back on his campaign bus after going for a run Monday at Grays Lake in Des Moines, Iowa.

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards speaks Monday during a campaign stop in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Republican Fred Thompson speaks to supporters at the King Tower Cafe in Tama, Iowa, on Monday.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets with supporters Monday during a campaign stop at the Galleria De Paco restaurant in Waterloo, Iowa.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democratic presidential candidate, speaks Monday during a rally in Perry, Iowa.

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., walks with his wife, Cindy, after campaigning Monday at a house party in Hancock, N.H.

Democratic candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., thanks her supporters Monday after a campaign speech at Muscatine West Middle School in Muscatine, Iowa.

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain speaks Monday at Joe's Meat Shoppe in North Hampton, N.H.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks Monday at Muscatine West Middle School in Muscatine, Iowa.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama meets with supporters Monday during a campaign event in Jefferson, Iowa.

Republican presidential hopeful former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gets a shave and a haircut Monday at the Executive Forum Barbershop in Des Moines, Iowa.

Republican presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks Momday at a campaign stop at Happy Joe's Pizza and Ice Cream in Clinton, Iowa.

At a campaign stop Monday in Ames, Iowa, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., rallies supporters.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama greets Olivia Taylor, 3, during a rally in Perry, Iowa, on Monday.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson greets Robert and Dawn Ruth as he tours downtown Allison, Iowa, while campaigning Monday.

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Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee gets back on his campaign bus after going for a run Monday at Grays Lake in Des Moines, Iowa.

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