Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani still holds a lead in most national polls, but he is fighting off former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee who has experienced a recent surge of support from conservative voters and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney who grabbed his own share of media headlines on Thursday with a speech addressing his Mormon faith.
Giuliani led a Los Angeles Time/Bloomberg poll released on Wednesday with 23 percent, but Huckabee polled close behind in second place with 17 percent. And in the early voting states, Giuliani is third place in most Iowa polls and jostling with Arizona Sen. John McCain for second place in New Hampshire.
In a shift of campaign tactics, Giuliani has refocused on the states that vote in January after his earlier strategy aimed at winning on Feb. 5 when more than 20 states head to the polls.
With sights set on New Hampshire’s Jan. 8 primary, Giuliani released another TV ad to air in the New Hampshire/Boston market, this one recalling the Iranian hostage crisis and President Ronald Reagan. “The best way you deal with dictators, the best way you deal with tyrants and terrorists, you stand up to them. You don’t back down,” Giuliani narrates.
Over the weekend, the New Hampshire State Troopers Association endorsed the former
mayor, the first time the group has thrown its support behind a presidential candidate.
Also this week, the former mayor’s consulting firm Giuliani Partners announced that he had stepped as the firm’s head. According to the Wall Street Journal, the new chairman Peter Powers said Giuliani left his post as chairman and chief executive in the spring around the time he launched his presidential bid. The media questioned Giuliani’s involvement in the firm because of its client list.
I can't believe the way Evangelicals are hijacking the presidency. I find Romney's success as a CEO astonishing. His business and economic acumen are pure genius, I wish his campaign would inform people who don't realize what he could do for the lagging economy. I find myself questioning the comparative abilities of Huck and Rudy. Experts tell us recession is certain. People are foreclosing left and right and layoffs continue to plague honest people. A cute Christmas card ad simply does not convince me Huckabee is up to the task. Give me Romney any day.
Frankly, the thought of the Huckster Sitting across the table from Ahmadinejad scares the hell out of me also.
I think Huckabee would go over about as well as Bush has. All those t-shirts mocking Bush will have Huck's face inserted and liberal college kids will be selling them in boutiques until 2012. He comes across as a bit of a goober; excuse the word, I can't think of another.
Romney has a history of putting the right people together to solve massive problems. I think he can heal some of the divide we have in the US. He is articulate and plays well in speeches and press (think JFK vs Nixon).
Come on, we all know Huck's rise is a direct result of Evangelical prejudice. I want the best leader elected, not the inferior one who's most celebrated quality is that he's not LDS. How sad for our country.
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I can't believe the way Evangelicals are hijacking the presidency. I find Romney's success as a CEO astonishing. His business and economic acumen are pure genius, I wish his campaign would inform people who don't realize what he could do for the lagging economy. I find myself questioning the comparative abilities of Huck and Rudy. Experts tell us recession is certain. People are foreclosing left and right and layoffs continue to plague honest people. A cute Christmas card ad simply does not convince me Huckabee is up to the task. Give me Romney any day.
Frankly, the thought of the Huckster Sitting across the table from Ahmadinejad scares the hell out of me also.
I think Huckabee would go over about as well as Bush has. All those t-shirts mocking Bush will have Huck's face inserted and liberal college kids will be selling them in boutiques until 2012. He comes across as a bit of a goober; excuse the word, I can't think of another.
Romney has a history of putting the right people together to solve massive problems. I think he can heal some of the divide we have in the US. He is articulate and plays well in speeches and press (think JFK vs Nixon).
Come on, we all know Huck's rise is a direct result of Evangelical prejudice. I want the best leader elected, not the inferior one who's most celebrated quality is that he's not LDS. How sad for our country.