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The results of a recent CNN/Opinion Research poll has pundits talking -- about Rudy.
The poll found former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani emerged at the top of the GOP field, with 16 percent of respondents supporting him. He was followed closely by Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin. (CNN/Opinion Research)
A polling analyst for ABC says -- the results send a mixed message.
“This one tells us that 84 percent of leaned Republicans do not favor Rudy Giuliani for the nomination ... that his name recognition still lingers. And that none of the others listed has caught fire.”
But while the blogosphere chatters -- Giuliani himself hasn’t even committed.
Still -- in an interview with CBS -- New York Rep. Peter King says -- he’s leaning that way.
REP. PETER KING (R-NY): “I would not at all be surprised if he announces in the not too distant future that he is running. …In fact, I would say if he had to make the decision today, it would be ‘yes.’”
But in an interview with the Boston Herald, Giuliani himself says...
“I don’t know when I’m going to decide. I don’t feel any pressure... I feel that the focus I have is the right one, which is how do we win in 2012?”
And so Giuliani joins the list of maybe-maybe-not candidates for the Republican primary. That hasn’t stopped pundits from picking apart his chances.
A blogger for conservative website the American Thinker says -- no way.
“Rudy doesn't have a prayer. He's well known, but not very well liked in critical areas... He's on the wrong side of social issues, and his personal baggage weighs him down. ...and his path to the nomination goes through another northeastern moderate conservative - Mitt Romney - who will outspend him by a considerable margin.”
A U.S. politics expert tells New York Daily News -- it’s still a little too early to tell.
"Mayor Giuliani runs well in the presidential poll because he is well-known and respected among a substantial number of GOP voters. However, the same thing was true early in the 2008 campaign, and Giuliani was not able to maintain his momentum... The big shoe waiting to drop is Sarah Palin.”
And the fact that Republicans are still waiting for big shoes to drop has one blogger for The Washington Post saying -- stop all the speculation. Just wait and see what happens.
“The only two things to watch, this far out, are: Indicators about the state of the economy, especially how it will likely look next year; and Obama’s approval ratings, which incorporate both economic factors and anything else that matters to people. When it comes to predicting who’s going to win in the end, nothing else really counts.”
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