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Rudolph Giuliani falters as high-stakes gamble fails to deliver Rudolph Giuliani's high-risk strategy to win the Republican presidential nomination appeared to be faltering yesterday as new polls put him in third place in Florida and behind in his home state of New York. The former Mayor of New York has spent the past 49 days campaigning in Florida in a make-or-break bid to win next Tuesday's Republican primary in the state. His high-stakes gamble is that, despite sitting out early contests, a win in Florida will propel him to the front of the Republican field before the "Super Tuesday" primaries on February 5 when 22 states decide. The latest Florida poll showed Mr Giuliani lagging behind early primary winners Mitt Romney and John McCain. The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey gave Mr Romney 25 per cent compared with Mr McCain's 20 per cent and Mr Giuliani's 19 per cent. "It was a long shot to begin with and I think a mistake," Lance de Haven-Smith, a politics professor at Florida State University, said of Mr Giuliani's Florida-focused strategy. How <file:///C:/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3213095.ece> the row over race turned into a beauty contest for the Democrats The racial cross-currents of American politics are taking the 2008 presidential candidates across uncharted waters "Florida is a media state. People get all their news from TV. For literally months they have been hearing how Giuliani is not winning anything. I think he underestimated the amount that would hurt him. It's not retail politics. He did not realise you cannot just come here and walk around Florida. You have to be on the air." Mr Giuliani's challenge was made even clearer by two other polls that found he had been overtaken by Mr McCain among Republicans in his home state of New York. A WNBC/Marist poll in New York showed that 34 per cent of registered Republicans support Mr McCain, compared with 23 per cent for Mr Giuliani. Among Republicans likely to vote Mr McCain kept his 34 per cent support. Mr Giuliani was tied in second place with Mr Romney at 19 per cent. Another poll by Siena College showed a 12-point deficit - 36 to 24 per cent. Steven Greenberg, of Siena College, called the latest numbers "a stunning turnaround" from the former New York mayor's 33-point lead over the Arizona senator in the state in December. Mr Giuliani's appeal as "America's mayor" for his leadership in New York after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks has faded as voters grow increasingly concerned about the economy - considered one of Mr Romney's strengths. Mr Giuliani has retooled his campaign, promising what he calls economic security. "I think the two biggest things that a president can offer is economic security and national security," he said yesterday at a campaign event in Orlando, Florida. Mr McCain arrived in Florida with strong momentum after his wins in New Hampshire and South Carolina - a state that has picked every Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan in 1980. Mr McCain told new conference: "If someone hasn't run a primary, I can understand why they would attack the front-runner." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
