Poll: Giuliani slips to third in Florida

[laststeamtrain]

Source: Miami Herald

Poll: Giuliani slips to third in Florida
BY BETH REINHARD AND BREANNE GILPATRICK
Rudy Giuliani has hit the skids in a Florida freefall that could shatter his presidential campaign and leave a two-man Republican contest in the state between John McCain and Mitt Romney, a Miami Herald poll shows.

Despite hovering over Florida voters for weeks, Giuliani is tied for third place with the scarcely visible Mike Huckabee in a statewide poll of 800 likely voters.

With his poll numbers slipping back home in the Northeast, Giuliani's campaign will implode if he can't turn it around in the six days left before Florida's Jan. 29 vote, the final gateway before a blitz of primaries around the nation that could sew up the race.

''He may be running for president, but with these numbers he wouldn't be elected governor of Florida,'' said Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway, whose firm conducted the survey with Democratic pollsters Schroth, Eldon & Associates for The Herald, The St. Petersburg Times and Bay News 9. Alluding to the timeworn song, Conway added: ``If he can't make it there in Florida, he can't make it anywhere.''

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/390756.html

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Yes!!!

[racaulk]

1. Stick a fork in 9/11ani.

He's done.

:applause:

[7 of 11]

15. Roger wilco over and Out!

This guy was barley in first place during a one man race. He is a stubborn SOB so I suspect we'll have to wait till super duper Tuesday to see him fizzle for good.

[Dr.Phool]

2. I hope Ron Paul kicks his ass in Florida.

That would be the final proof that he's a complete loser.

[Kikosexy2]

10. Looks like Jeb..

nor Katherine "Cruella" Harris could save Girlie-ani's campaign...maybe he should campaign in Pakistan...

[Kool Kitty]

3. The Ghoul is on Tweety's show right now.

Tweety keeps calling him 'sir'. I hate this guy.

[grytpype]

4. Hahahahahaha! n/t

[Justitia]

5. Quick! Someone throw that man an anvil!

[loveangelc]

where are the actual percentages...?

[loveangelc]

6. where are the actual percentages...?

[Tempest]

9. From the article whose link was posted

McCain is narrowly leading the Republican field with 25 percent of the vote, followed by Romney with 23 percent.

Statewide, Giuliani received support from 15 percent, down from 36 percent in a Miami Herald poll in November.

[lurky]

7. Good!

I just heard an in-depth piece on the radio about Giuliani and the asbestos in the air after 9/11. It was not flattering to Rudy G. Not flattering at all.

[Tempest]

8. Ghouliani has been practically living in Florida for the last month

And the best he can do is third place in polling?

Another one bites the dust.

[gratuitous]

11. A noun, a verb, and 9/11

Not quite enough to build a national campaign on, is it? And who wants political consulting from a man who couldn't put together a better campaign than this train wreck?

[mwb970]

27. Now it's a noun, a verb, and "tax cuts".

Republicans' minds can only hold one idea at a time. Right now it's all tax cuts for Rudy. Good luck with that, "Sir".

[dantyrant]

12. Na-na-NAAAA-na, Na-na-NAAAA-na, HEY HEY HEYYYY....

9/11.

[edbermac]

13. Too bad Fred Thompson dropped out, Rudy would be in 4th.

:rofl:

[Kahuna]

19. Good one!

:rofl:

[KoKo]

14. Well...Tweety Matthews tonight was working at moving Giuliani's #'s UP...

with his pumping of "Mr. 9/11 Hard On." Let's see if MSNBC/MATTHEWS can get that BIG MO JO going on for his and their PAL RUDI! RUDI! RUDI!

[mwb970]

28. Don't forget Rudy BFF Sean Hannity.

With Sean on his side, how can he lose?

[WillTheGoober]

16. He's a joke ...

Didn't Biden put him away months ago?

W.

[Bleacher Creature]

17. Don't you all pay attention? It's a STRATEGY!

I feel like there was a Monty Python skit that is similar.

[laststeamtrain]

20. Like Spinal Tap, Rudy's become more selective regarding his audience.

[Kahuna]

18. Hmm..

:applause:

[rasputin1952]

21. You know, the more he talks, the more people realioze he's

little more than a shabby suit, with nothing inside...well maybe a small piece of carbon that might be called a heart...nah, the guys is nothing.

[bulloney]

22. Have the mainstream media given any other candidate this much attention,

given his finishes in the primaries and caucuses to date?

They want Giuliani to be the nominee so bad that they'll spin every one of his pathetic finishes into being part of his strategy of placing all of his efforts in Florida.

Is that how he'll address issues as president? With the same results as his standings in Florida?

[customerserviceguy]

23. There's only one thing that can "save" him

For the past two months, except for debates, he's pretty much been off the air. His "ignore the first four or five primaries" strategy meant that the news media was busy interviewing candidates who had at least a shot of placing in the top two or three. Rudy became invisible.

But, now he's back on the air. With all the McCain, Huckabee, and Romney blah-blah-blah since mid-December, maybe Rudy looks like somewhat of a "fresh face". He's already seen his opponents' weaknesses in the other states, and if he can hit them hard with them in the last days, maybe he can finish a weak first.

Not likely, I'll admit, but it might be too soon to nail down the coffin lid on Ghouliani.

[AwesomeFreak]

24. Attention moderator. Move this thread, as it violates rules

Polls are not breaking news, per the rules.

[laststeamtrain]

25. TAPS: another free-lance moderator bites the dust. n/t

[mwb970]

26. Third! Giuliani will never make it to third place in Florida.

With the stiff competition from Ron Paul, Fred Thompson (no longer running), and Undecided, Rudy will be lucky to come in fourth. In my opinion, he never had a chance. His "front runner" status all last summer was the result of simple name recognition, nothing more.

He is toast.