Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, has apparently accepted the fact that despite his lead in national polls, he is essentially out of the battle in early voting states. He has watched his national lead dwindle, however as Mike Huckabee's popularity has surged in Iowa and John McCain's lead in New Hampshire grow considerably.
In Iowa, Giuliani has fallen to fourth with 14 percent of the Republican voters polled saying they will vote for him. Huckabee leads with 23 percent, followed by Mitt Romney at 21 and McCain at 17 percent. In New Hampshire, Giuliani is third with 14 percent and the state polls are led by Romney with 28 percent and McCain with 25 percent. According to numbers posted at usaelectionpolls.com Giuliani and Huckabee are even at 21 percent of the likely nationwide voters in the most recent polls.
He is not faring much better in South Carolina or Nevada, two of the other traditional early voting states and has been spending his time, as well as money in the states that will be part of Super Tuesday primary elections on February 5. He has been quick to point out that no election is going to be won by the candidates who win the first few primaries and going to concentrate on states that hold more Republican delegates.
Out of the states holding primary elections or caucuses February 5, California offers republicans the prize of 173 delegates and New York offers 101 with Giuliani pointing out that by winning one or two of the larger states, he can tally more delegates than all of the early states combined.
Breaking News: See the results of the five most recent Republican polls all released a day before the Iowa caucus.
