President 2008,  Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rasmussen and Rudy

Republican presidential hopeful former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers a speech during a campaign stop Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007 in Tampa, Florida.

Rudy on the Brink was the title of the post from Patrick Ruffini. What Ruffini was referring was the latest Florida Rasmussen poll which showed Rudy in third place behind leader Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.

The Florida Rasmussen poll can be discounted and is in this piece over at the American Spectator.

The Huckaboom sweeping most of the lower 48 may have reached Florida. A Rasmussen daily poll on Friday showed the personable former Arkansas governor to be the choice of 27 percent of a sample of 685 likely Florida primary voters. Mitt Romney was second at 23 percent, Rudy Giuliani third at 19.

These are stunning numbers considering Giuliani has held a steady 2-1 lead over his nearest rivals in most Florida polls for months. And Giuliani counts on a win in big, red-state Florida January 29 to offset what are sure to be less than astounding performances by him in the smaller early primary and caucus states. He also needs Florida to give him momentum going into the 21 Super-Tuesday primaries Feb. 5. If Huckabee steals a round in Florida it would be Giuliani who is offset, and facing one hell of a hill to climb to be nominated.

If their protestations are to be believed, Giuliani’s Florida brain trust isn’t too concerned about the latest Rasmussen Florida numbers. Nor were the 400 or so enthusiastic supporters who showed up at the Tampa Convention Center Saturday morning to whoop up “The Nation’s Mayor” at a campaign stop.

Bob Martinez of Tampa, a former Florida governor and federal drug czar under George the First, introduced Rudy at the rally and told me before the services that the Rasmussen poll may not be reliable because of its method of collecting data.

And, one poll does not a campaign make – especially a Rasmussen one. Patrick knows this having been on the inside and outside of the Giuliani campaign.

The campaign remains fluid and Flap would not be counting the Mayor out.

Stay tuned…….

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