With the primary contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina getting closer every day, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani plans to get off the ropes and into the foray sooner rather than later. While sitting back and letting the other candidates tire themselves out on the campaign trail, his steady decline in state and national polls has made him realize that if he wants a chance of winning the fight, he needs to start throwing some punches.
According to usaelectionpolls.com, Giuliani is a distant fourth in Iowa with only 10 percent of the probable caucus attendees behind him. The recent state poll is led by Mike Huckabee, followed by Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson. His 17 percent in polls of New Hampshire voters puts him in third place behind Romney and John McCain.
Nationally, he remains in the top spot but has slipped to just 24 percent according to the latest CNN poll and would not be electable against two of the top three Democrat candidates, according to polls at PresidentElectionPolls.com. According ti the recent numbers posted there he would lost to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in head-to-head competition. For the past couple of months, as the Republican primary leader, he has been the subject of the typical scrutiny and is getting ready to launch an offensive designed to put him in better standings with the early voting states.
Rudy Giuliani continues to perform very well in the big states of New York 48%, California 32%, Florida 31%, Ohio 29%, and Pennsylvania 27%.
Political analysts are also looking at a surging Mike Huckabee, who has taken the lead in Iowa from Romney to also hinder Romney's chances in New Hampshire. They are seeing some influence there by John McCain who picked additional support recently at Romney's expense.
