This is one screwy year. John McCain’s home county voted him the “Most Unacceptable” candidate and Rudy is struggling for the lead in what was supposed to be his bastion of strength.
Arizona Sen. John McCain is tied 30 – 30 percent with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani among New York State likely Republican presidential primary voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets 9 percent, with 8 percent each for former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Sen. Hillary Clinton has 51 percent of likely Democratic primary voters, with 25 percent for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and 11 percent for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.
If you want to be president it helps to actually campaign and it helps to win primaries. Rudy hasn’t campaigned enough and McCain is starting to see some momentum swing his way after South Carolina. It’s not huge momentum; Romney still leads in the next battleground state, Florida, in the latest Rasmussen though McCain holds a narrow lead in the RCP average.
So, basically, it’s still wide open. But for Rudy to be struggling in Florida and New York makes the former a must-win state. Huge revelation, huh.
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