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Giuliani can't contemplate loss
24/01/2008 07:22 - (SA)
New York - Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday sidestepped the question whether he would continue his race if he loses a crucial contest in Florida, where a new poll showed him trailing.
Asked by CNN interviewer Larry King if he would fight on regardless of the result of Tuesday's Florida primary on which he has staked his high-risk campaign, Giuliani said: "I do not contemplate loss".
"We're going to win in Florida. I have a very good feeling about it," said the ex-New York mayor, who is betting everything on Florida after all but ignoring the early nominating contests in states where he has limited support.
He did not say whether his campaign would continue if he did not win in the south-eastern state, where a new opinion survey on Wednesday put him 10 points behind John McCain, the Republican national frontrunner.
The St Petersburg Times poll gave Arizona senator McCain 25% support in the Florida primary, statistically tied with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney who had 23%. Giuliani trailed on just 15%.
"The polls that we see when you average them out are all within the margin of error," Giuliani said on CNN. "We think they're going to break over the weekend."
- AFP
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