A poll on RealClearPolitics.com today indicates a tye race between Rudy Guliani and John McCain in Florida. The LA Times is reporting rows of Floridians leaving Rudy’s townhall meetings early, and Fox News has a story indicating Christian conservatives leaving the Rudy camp for “Rudy Light”; a term dubbed by a Fox News contributor refering to John McCain as the perfect Guiliani alternative without all of those “liberal calories.”
Once considered a front runner of the GOP, Guiliani has been stumping the issues of terrorism, military build-up, tax cuts, and immigration; all issues heard before from our current President who has extrememly low approval ratings. National Polling seems to back this up showing Guiliani support declining from 37% in March of ‘07 to 14% January of ‘08.
Truth be told, Guiliani has made a large gamble by throwing all of his campaign eggs in the Florida basket, and if the polls are right, his support there is in decline. Strategists have been critical of his campaign tactics from the get go, and don’t believe that Rudy is adapting his message to will of the electorate.
My opinion is that Rudy does not have a wing or a prayer, even if Romney pulls through in Michigan; the perfect storm Guiliani has been hoping for. The reason for this is that the media has been covering Huckabee, McCain, and Romney with such detail that these GOP frontrunners have been able to easily address voter concern.
