Short of pulling out scrapbooks from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is quick to point out that he was in charge of a city attacked by terrorists and possesses the leadership skills needed to be president of the United States.
As the Republican primaries get ready to begin with the Iowa Caucus on January 3rd, Giuliani is dropping the wait and see attitude that has allowed other candidates to slip into the lead in some of the early primary states. Recent Strategic Vision polls published at usaelectionpolls.com show Giuliani in fourth place with 10 percent of the expected Republicans casting a vote for him. He trails Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.
Nationally, his number one spot has been shrinking throughout the summer and fall and currently he is tied with Mitt Romney for first place with 20 percent. Huckabee who surged to the lead in Iowa has risen to 17 percent and to 11 percent in New Hampshire. Giuliani has fallen to just eight percent in that state.
Giuliani's campaign said the candidate is going to begin a more offensive approach to the campaign trail and will seek to recover some of the support that was lost during revelations about his personal life. Polls indicating his electability against individual Democratic candidates, posted at PresidentElectionPolls.com show him coming close to beating a couple of the Democrats, and losing by less margins than other Republicans fighting for the party's nomination.
