As the Republican presidential nomination race gets tighter, the Florida primary on February 26 could play a decisive role in many of the candidates campaigns. In a state that we led by Rudy Giuliani through most of the summer and early fall, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney carried his message of fiscal responsibility into the state and apparently appealed to many of the more conservative voters.
John McCain, known somewhat as a radical Republican, is gaining support nationally from Republicans that are not happy with the way the current administration is handling the war in Iraq as well as his call to revamp the income tax program. Romney held second place in Florida, according to poll results posted at usaelectionpolls.com with 28 percent, behind McCain's 30 percent.
However, nationally he is in fourth place behind Mike Huckabee and Giuliani, both at 21 percent and McCain at 18 percent. He is hoping for a better showing in Florida to boost his campaign and improve donations for a campaign that has already cost about $20 million of his personal fortune. In polls at PresidentElectionPolls.com, Romney is not having much success against either top Democrats, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as being electable if he is tapped by Republicans to bear the standard in the national election.
Other than a win in Michigan, Romney has placed lower in the primaries than he had anticipated and was looking towards Florida to add more spark to his campaign before heading into the Super Tuesday primaries on February 5.
Latest Polls: The Poll of Polls in Florida Has Romney Down 1% to McCain in Florida
