Giuliani Denies Rumors About His Campaign
Republican Rudy Giuliani says that he is going to win the Florida Republican Primary, despite the polls showing him consistently being in third place behind John McCain and Mitt Romney. Here is what Rudy told USA Today.
Rudy Giuliani has a message for those who doubt his floundering presidential campaign can survive.
“The rumors of my demise are premature,” Giuliani told USA TODAY, paraphrasing Mark Twain’s famous line.
The former New York City mayor said in an interview that he would “surprise people” by winning Florida and racing ahead to the de facto national primary on Feb. 5, known as Super Tuesday.
“He lost his lead in Florida because he neglected the rest of the country,” Acosta said. “People get the fact you’ve got to win the rest of the country.”
“We’re going to win this election by getting the vote out,” Giuliani said Sunday outside of Paisano’s Gourmet Pizza in Port St. Lucie. “If we win here, we’re going to win the nomination.”
Giuliani said he has no regrets about skipping the early nominating states, adding that Floridians are more receptive to his message of better security and lower taxes.
He also has tried to attract Florida votes with proposals for a one-page tax return form and a national insurance fund for catastrophic events like hurricanes.
Giuliani said that “at some point” he can’t precisely recall, he and his advisers decided that Florida offered “the best opportunity” to make his play for the race. “It was better to concentrate on one big state and try to get our points across there,” he said.
“So far, everything has been unorthodox about this election,” he said. “It hasn’t gone at all like people thought it would go, right?”
Still, Giuliani refused to call Florida a “must win.”
It will be interesting to see if Giuliani’s prediction can hold true, and really make this a hard battle for the Republican nominee for President. With over a million absentee ballots and early voting ballots, anything can happen.
Source: USA Today
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