Guiliani pulls his staffers out of Michigan, banking everything on Florida.

Giuliani gives up on Michigan

Ex-NYC mayor once led in state polls
By Chad Selweski
Macomb Daily Staff Writer

Rudy Giuliani's campaign is pulling the plug on Michigan after serving as this state's Republican front-runner for most of 2007.
With his support plummeting to single digits in a new poll, the former New York City mayor has planned no campaign stops here before Tuesday's primary. Giuliani's Michigan campaign chair, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, said the few campaign staffers in Michigan are pulling up stakes and heading to other key states.

Miller said Giuliani is standing firm with his do-or-die plan to forge a win in the Jan. 29 Florida primary and then rack up a bounty of GOP delegates on Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, when two dozen states vote.

"He's going to the mat with the Florida strategy," said Miller, a Harrison Township Republican. "It's risky. It's a unique strategy. But this is a unique year."

Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson is also apparently giving up on Michigan, with no plans to campaign here, as of Wednesday afternoon. That makes Tuesday's GOP primary a three-way race between Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Mitt Romney.

With McCain riding momentum, the Arizona senator scheduled 13 stops in Michigan before Election Day, including one in Warren on Saturday morning. On Wednesday, he campaigned in Grand Rapids and Oakland County.

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Unless they can take solace at the notion of Mitt giving up on South Carolina to focus on Michigan.

The GOP is going to be a big mess. It's likely to go all the way to the convention.

there isn't. Guiliani's strategy is either just so crazy that it might work or just so bad that he's finished, i'm hoping for finished.

He's banking on this making it all the way to the convention where he hopes to pull off a miracle.

The normal among us don't give a frog's fat ass.

pulled his staff out of MI without a kiss. :dem:

may the spirit of claude pepper stop every republican wanting to grab hold of florida's vote to sit another **** republican in the white house.

Super Tuesday.

oout!

My guess is Jan. 31.

I heard he's slipped a lot even in Florida.

Florida: Huckabee 27% Romney 23% Giuliani 19%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/florida/election_2008_florida_republican_primary

(The poll is a month old too)

Don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you. You are sooooo done Rudy.

not fond of him at all. Wonder if that was a consideration when he did the heavy FL investment. Silly man..