Poll: Giuliani Loses Lead In New York

This is, obviously, not a good sign for the Rudy Giuliani campaign. A poll set to be released next week will have the former New York City mayor trailing Sen. John McCain in his home state.

New York Post writer Fred Dricker announced on Tim Russert's show this Saturday morning:

"Tim, you'll find this interesting. One poll that's going to come out here next week, I'm sworn to secrecy on some of the details, but not on this part -- it is going to show John McCain overtaking Rudy Giuliani in his home state, I am told. That would be extraordinary."

Giuliani, it should be noted, is regarded with a fair level of antagonism by many in New York City, who soured on him as mayor in the years leading up to 9/11. But up till now, discussion over which candidates would compete for the New York vote had centered around a hypothetical Giuliani v. Sen. Hillary Clinton general election match up, not the GOP primary months beforehand.

Explained Dicker:

"His issue has evaporated. His issue was fighting crime, fighting terrorism. Now he's trying to fight a terrible economy and trying to make the case that he's really Mr. tax cutter. I mean, he is re-branding himself in Florida with Steve Forbes running around trying to say he was really about tax cutting before, but he wasn't. He was about crime fighting and leadership. And now of course with the sub-prime mortgage problems and the economy tanking, it's just not his issue, and to the extent that his issue is out there, I think McCain has it."

Comments

[bccity]

03:34 AM on 01/22/2008

There are probably only a couple of posts on here that I disagree with and I find that strange

[1againstmany]

04:22 PM on 01/21/2008

Guiliani's campaign is all but over. Not only is he hurting for cash, he doesn't enjoy a grassroots following like Mitt Romney or Ron Paul. And now that he has been thumped in every primary election so far, the votes that he might have received in Florida will probably go towards Romney or McCain. Look for both Thompson and Guiliani to bow out soon.

[lezlib]

01:32 PM on 01/21/2008

"How sweet it is!!"

[Bocababs]

11:30 AM on 01/21/2008

And if anyone feels that "Disturbance in the Force" today in So. Florida...it's Giuliani giving a speech today in a neighborhood near you.

[Monrocsol]

10:06 AM on 01/21/2008

HILLARY 2008!

[BARRISTER]

05:35 AM on 01/21/2008

Rudy will win....dow shop in Queens...,

Rudy will win.....d down Judy's bloomers in Staten Island....,

Rudy will win...now the minnow Liberman in the Bronx...,

Rudy will win...d up in Jail in Manhatten with his gay lover Bernie...,

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

02:40 AM on 01/21/2008

9iu11iani has a long history with electronic voting going back to his early days as nyc mayor when he was trying to get the first electronic machines in the state of ny installed in the bronx

sequoia voting machines are installed in the top three (by population) voting districts in florida - this is the same company 9iu11iani was in bed with back in those early nyc days

9iu11iani partners/sage has a history of dealings with overseas companies specialising in internet/electronic "security"

vote rigging and corruption is endemic in florida and the corrupt republican machine has had 8 years to perfect the process - sarasota county, in 2006, had 18000 missing (and largely democratic) electronic votes (sequoia machines again) in a race the republicans "won" by a very small margin

it doesn't take a genius to connect the dots and see why rudi is so confident in his florida "strategy" and no one should be surprised if he comes up a "winner" despite every indication and prediction to the contrary

[CalculatedRiskTaker]

12:40 AM on 01/21/2008

Total loser, no need to say more.

[ajax2]

08:56 PM on 01/20/2008

Giuliani running strong in lower Manhattan and some parts of Staten Island.

[pbfishtaco]

08:52 PM on 01/20/2008

No Yankee Hat for you!!

[hugs4u]

06:59 PM on 01/20/2008

Let us all pray that not only Rudy looses New YOrk but that Hillary looses it too.

[lochnessmonster]

06:31 PM on 01/20/2008

I for one think that Rudy has spent the past time in Florida working on his tan. Did you see him this morning on the "news" talking head programs? His "strategy" is to get a good tan...maybe he thinks it makes him look more "presidential".

[Clarabell]

06:17 PM on 01/20/2008

Well, let's wait and see if the MSM (Chris Matthews) can revive him.

[Independent voter]

04:40 PM on 01/20/2008

But, but, but 9/11 !

[kellygrrrl]

03:17 PM on 01/20/2008

oh, JulieAnnie, don't let the door hit you on your way out.