Rudy now trails in NY, CT
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:30 AM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Giuliani has staked it all on Florida. And it better hold for him because two new polls out show him now trailing in New York and Connecticut -- places the Giuliani campaign had only a month and a half ago described as "momentum proof."
In New York, McCain now leads Giuliani 36%-24%, followed by Romney at 10% and Huckabee at 7%, according to a Siena Research Institute poll. Seventeen percent said they were undecided. What's remarkable about this is not just that Giuliani is the former mayor of New York City, but that he led McCain in the same poll on Dec. 10, 48%-15%.
In Connecticut, McCain leads 39%-16% over Giuliani with Romney at 11% in a Hartford Courant/University of Connecticut poll.
On the Democratic side in the New York poll, Clinton leads Obama 48%-23% followed by Edwards at 10%. Nineteen percent are undecided. In Connecticut, Clinton leads Obama, 41%-27%.