In the wake of a government approved plan to stimulate the economy, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is pulling out his resume as a business leader and his record in the state of balancing the budget and helping private companies through tough economic times. While campaigning in Florida, he pressed his plans for economic recovery on the conservative voters there, hoping to convince them he is a better choice for economic recovery than his closest rival John McCain.
With McCain currently leading in Florida polls with a 30 percent margin, according to polls published at usaelectionpolls.com, Romney is maintaining second place with 28 percent. Former frontrunner Rudy Giuliani has slid in popularity to 18 percent and Mike Huckabee is in fourth place with 14 percent.
According to one-on-one match-up polls at presidentelectionpolls.com, Romney would have the best chance of beating Democrat John Edwards if he were the opposing candidate, however Edwards has been consistently in third place in the primaries held so far. In voting February 5, when 18 states will hold primaries or caucuses, Romney leads in the polls in only three of them with his biggest leads being in Idaho, at 38 percent and Utah where he has a commanding 65 percent.
There has been a lot of speculation about his fall in recent polls, but he vows to stick with the race regardless of what happens in Florida. Nationally, he is showing up in fourth place, but in many polls Fred Thompson, who left the race after North Carolina, is still factored into many of the results
Latest Polls: Mitt Romney In Dead Heat With John McCain in the Poll of Florida Polls
