Romney - 42
Huckabee - 21
McCain - 19
Thompson - 6
Paul - 2
Giuliani - 1
With a commanding lead in delegates and financial resources, Mitt Romney could easily be called the front runner in this race -- except we know better. South Carolina could well be the first state where he does not place first or second, and Florida could be the second.
It appears that financial contraints among the field could force several candidates to adopt the Giuliani strategy of focusing on those states with the biggest delegate prizes. Rudy has gotten the help he has needed with no single candidate seeming inevitable before Florida, arguably Romney's slowing of Senator McCain last night was the biggest boost yet. The question is can Mayor Giuliani deliver the big states as promised now that his pre-FL chaos has played out?
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