The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Mike Huckabee on top in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. It’s Huckabee 23%, John McCain 20%, Mitt Romney 18%, Fred Thompson 12%, and Rudy Giuliani 11%. Ron Paul attracts 2% support.

Among conservatives, Huckabee attracts 27% and Romney is second with 19%. Among moderates, McCain leads with 29% and Romney is second with 18%.

The 23% for Governor Huckabee ties his best national poll numbers he had for several days in mid December.  Huckabee has lead the poll nationally for most of the last 30 days except for several days after the New Hampshire victory by McCain.  It appears that McCain has cooled off in his national numbers since then, expecially after his loss in Michigan - dropping four points in the poll in the last five days.

Rasmussen Reports national poll is unique in that a new poll is taken daily - the poll results published each day represents an average of the last four days of polling.