Sunday, January 13, 2008

Middlesex Result Shows Rudy Dropping Even in Jersey

Rudy Giuliani, once the inevitable Rudy Giuliani, is now just plain old ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani. His campaign professionals are now working as volunteers, and his poll numbers are plummeting.

Yes, he won the Middlesex County GOP straw poll yesterday. He won it with 38% of the votes. Fred ran second with 16% and according to one conservative blogger had the best organization at the event. While he won, his margin and share of votes plummeted since the last time the Middlesex GOP held a straw poll.

Last year, he won with 60% of the vote. Thus, his share has plummeted by 22 points.

Today one of Rudy's key supporters in NJ, a member of what used to be the NJGOP machine, acknowledged that he and other Giuliani supporters should be thinking carefully about their second choice for president.

Rudy is beatable in New Jersey. Should Fred's surge continue, he might just be the man to upset Rudy here.

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