Giuliani Notes: Rudy Fading?

Former New York Mayor and Republican presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani, holds 10-month-old Eva Corra as he stands with a group of children during a walking tour in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 27, 2007.

RUDY LOSING STEAM

Likely GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson has made stunning gains on front-runner Rudy Giuilani in three key battleground states, including Florida, a poll released yesterday found.
Giuliani leads Thompson 27-21 percent among Florida Republican voters, according to the Quinnipiac Poll – a dramatic shrinkage of the former mayor’s 32-point edge in April.

In April, 38 percent of Florida Republicans favored Giuliani, compared to 15 percent for John McCain, and just 6 for Thompson. Since then, Giuliani dipped by 11 points, while Thompson skyrocketed by 15 points.

In Ohio, Giuliani’s lead over Thompson dwindled from 15 points to eight points over the two-month period. Giuliani now has 25 percent of the GOP vote in Ohio to 17 percent for Thompson.

While Giuliani garnered the same percentage in Ohio as the April survey, Thompson more than doubled his 8 percent, while McCain sunk by five points.

In Pennsylvania, Giuliani held his most solid lead with 29 percent – the same level of support as in April – compared to 15 percent apiece for Thompson and McCain. But Giuliani’s margin over Thompson fell from 23 points to 14 points.

The race for President 2008 is definitely tightening. Mitt Romney is leading in Iowa and New Hampshire. Fred Thompson will soon announce and will probably surge in South Carolina and Florida.

Watch for Thompson movement in California.

LIkely Rudy will go “ON AIR” with a television media campaign soon after Labor Day -probably after McCain withdraws.

This is a horse race now and the campaign will be won in the trenches of persuading voters.

Stay tuned……

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