A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll shows the former New York City mayor atop the slow-forming Republican primary field.
The survey shows Giuliani getting 16 percent of independents and Republicans, with nominal frontrunner Mitt Romney a point behind at 15 percent.
Sarah Palin gets 13 percent.
Neither Palin nor Giuliani are sure things for the 2012 election, and their perches in the new poll — the first taken by the news organization since Mike Huckabee, Mitch Daniels and Donald Trump bowed out — speak to how wide-open the race is.
Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee, has increasingly sent signals that she might jump in, and is launching a bus tour on Sunday that will take her to New Hampshire for the first time since the 2008 race.
“Giuliani has the top spot in a 12-candidate field, but he doesn’t generate a lot of enthusiasm. Only about a quarter of Republicans nationwide said that they would be enthusiastic if Giuliani won the nomination,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “But he’s not alone — only a quarter would be enthusiastic if Palin got the party’s nod, and only one in five would feel the same way if Romney became the GOP’s standard bearer in 2012.”
Giuliani, who has not closed the door to another run in 2012, is headed to New Hampshire for events next week.
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He’s a moderate republican, he’s going to have to prove himself to get my vote!
If Rudy really wanted to seriously run, that would be too good to be true.
If Rudy runs, Obama will finaly have a real chalenge, but he might have a hard time getting the nomination.
Be careful. I don’t think that Rudy is electable, even though he would probably make a good president.
This poll counted independents. In the real Republican primaries, independents won’t be allowed to vote in most states, and will be less likely to turn out in states where they can vote. Since Rudy is a moderate Republican (a pro-abortion rights one at that) he will have a hard time being nominated.
Rudy with palin. As a team will be a the ultimate challenge for obama. Other wise I’m afraid obama will make vs romney or palin
One might be very dubious of the poll. Guiliani has never been known for expertise in economics, and that appears to be the major issue. He hasn’t won an election since 1997, and hasn’t held office for over 10 years. His personal life has been a mess (and his fellow refugee from the 1990s, Newt, at least claims to have repented since then).