Polls: Rudy Barely Ahead In Big States.

Two new SurveyUSA polls show that Rudy Giuliani's campaign strategy, built around February 5 and larger states, is on the edge of collapse.

In Florida, Rudy has a bare 29% plurality, with Mike Huckabee at 24% and Mitt Romney at 20%. In the last SurveyUSA poll two weeks ago, Rudy had 32%, with Huckabee at 18% and Romney with 15%.

In California, it's Rudy 28%, Huckabee 20%, Romney 16%, John McCain 14% and Fred Thompson 13%. In the December 3 poll, Rudy was at 32%, and his closest competitor, John McCain, had 18%.

If Rudy loses early contests, he could find his poll numbers diminish where he was doing well, as the early winners enjoy momentum from their wins.
On the Democratic side in California, Hillary Clinton has 49%, Barack Obama 30%, and John Edwards 14%.