When Rudy Giuliani made his first bid for Mayor of New York in 1989, his campaign fell way short. His reputation as a winning state, and later federal prosecutor preceded his next attempt at the office and that winning attitude in court helped propel him into action during the disaster at the World Trade Center in 2001. His face and name was on every newscast for months following the disaster and his past was rehashed as that of a winner and a many not afraid to get into the thick of a fight.
He carried this attitude into the 2008 race for the Republican nomination for president, and while maintaining a slim lead in national polls, Giuliani's favor in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire has taken a severe hit. According to recent polls by the American Research Group, posted at USAElectionPolls.com, Giuliani is in third place in New Hampshire, behind Mitt Romney and John McCain, who has had a recent surge in popularity.
In Iowa polls, he is languishing in fourth place and is concentrating his effort on southern states and the February 5 "Super Primaries" claiming the race is not won in only a few states. With the top three Republican candidates holding 61 percent of the expected Republican votes in Iowa, Giuliani's 14 percent seems lost in the race, but he is focusing his attention and effort on the states with more delegates at stake. His campaign points out he is in the run for the long haul and not a short burst of only a few delegates.
