Rudy vows to stay in even if loses FL
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:28 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Giuliani said that no matter the outcome in Florida Tuesday, he will continue to campaign for the Republican nomination.
“I’m gonna continue my campaign. I have no plans to end my campaign,” Giuliani told reporters when asked whether he would continue the campaign if he did not win the Jan. 29 primary. “Of course, I anticipate winning in Florida because I don’t go into a campaign anticipating losing.
“And I have no reason not to anticipate winning,” he continued. “We’re very competitive. In some polls it’s very, very close. In some polls, we even had a poll where we are first. We’ve been second to Mitt Romney, second to John McCain. So we think we’re in good shape here.”
Giuliani said it was not a mistake to skip the early states, even as polls showed him trailing in third in Florida, where he had a healthy lead over the summer.
“I think that it was politically correct to focus on Florida,” Giuliani said. “It was the best choice when you consider all the circumstances that were presented to us about resources and strengths and weaknesses and the place where you can make your case most effectively. And the fact that this is a wide open race means that, no, I don’t think that it was a mistake.”
Giuliani began positioning himself as the candidate that can best fight terrorism and the struggling economy. He even entered the stage Thursday with a new song, “Best of Both Worlds” by Van Halen.
