Paul Beats Giuliani (Again)

Paul Beats Giuliani (Again)
By Michael Cooper

The bad news for Rudolph W. Giuliani Tuesday night in Michigan was that Representative Ron Paul of Texas appears to have beaten him handily again, just as he did in Iowa.

With 89 percent of the precincts reporting at 11:20 p.m., Mr. Giuliani was in a distant sixth-place, behind Fred D. Thompson, who was in fifth place, and Mr. Paul, who was in fourth place and who received more than twice as many votes as Mr. Giuliani.

The good news for Mr. Giuliani is that Mitt Romney’s victory leaves the Republican field unsettled – which is what he needs if his unconventional strategy of waiting until Florida on Jan. 29 to try to eke out his first victory is to work.

“It’s clear after tonight that while the race remains fluid and competitive, our strategy remains on track,” Tony Carbonetti, a senior adviser to Mr. Giuiani, said in a statement.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/paul-beats-giuliani-again/

all that hot.

If Giuliani can't realize his brilliant Florida strategy, he's roadkill.

It may take Nixonian gestures for Giuliani to win in Florida at this point.

evang -> Huckabee
establishment neocon -> McCain
fiscal cons -> Romney
terror nuts -> Guiliani
NASCAR dudes -> Thompson
libertarians -> Paul