Giuliani drops to fourth in Republican race in Florida: polls
Ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani took a further hit on Sunday, when a poll showed he dropped to fourth place ahead of Florida's Republican primary, which looked set to be a tight race between John McCain and Mitt Romney.
And, just days ahead of Tuesday's voting, McCain got a major boost with the endorsement of Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who enjoys popularity levels of around 70 percent in the state.
The Arizona senator and Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, both scored 30 percent of the vote in a Zogby poll out on Sunday.
Giuliani got only 13 percent, which placed him one percentage point behind former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.
The ex-New York mayor has bet heavily on the Florida primary, campaigning almost exclusively in the southeastern state and staying away from the earlier elections in smaller states.
Giuliani shrugged off his poor showing in opinion polls, and predicted Sunday that his strategy of skipping the early primaries and focusing on Florida would be vindicated in Tuesday's vote.
"I'm confident that we're going to win," he told CBS television. "The people who won those (early) primaries, they got all the attention. Now what we have to do is establish ourselves here in Florida."
Giuliani winning in Florida would be as miraculous an upset as the 2007 Miami Dolphins beating the New England Patriots.
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