Giuliani Loses Edge in 'Crucial' Florida (HaHa suck it Rudy) [View All]

Prospects of a Rudy Giuliani win in Florida are not looking good as the largely dormant candidate finally tries to spark public interest while other Republican contenders build on already established momentum.

Fri, Jan. 25, 2008 Posted: 13:23:43 PM EST

Prospects of a Rudy Giuliani win in Florida are not looking good as the largely dormant candidate finally tries to spark public interest while other Republican contenders build on already established momentum.

Giuliani, who finished in single digits in every contest so far, took a political gamble by basically skipping out in early voting states to pursue Florida and Super Tuesday states. The former New York City mayor has called the sunny state “crucial” and experts widely think a loss would badly damaged or even cut short his campaign.

New polls out Thursday show Giuliani competing for third with financially exhausted Mike Huckabee, who is barely campaigning in the state, and behind John McCain and Mitt Romney who are in a head-to-head battle for first place.

“Rudy has fallen like the Dow Jones industrial average,” Bill Adair, chief editor of the St. Petersburg Times, said on CNN’s “American Morning.” “What’s happened is he gambled on Florida and put all his chips on Florida, and it’s beginning to look like he gambled wrong.”

Last fall, Giuliani had been the party’s frontrunner and expected shoo-in for the Republican nomination. Talks of Giuliani representing the Republican Party sparked outrage among conservatives who threatened to abandon the party if the pro-abortion and pro-gay rights former mayor was selected.
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