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And only months back, he polled very strongly as the GOP nominee in '08.

Wrong.
Never did.
He's always been far behind Giuliani and McCain.

Shows how dumb polls are this far out. So it actually weakens your case for Rudy.

Since your first statement is wrong, your follow up statement is even wronger.
Care to try again, Mr Hitlery's Hired Assassin?

You live and die by those name-recognition polls, don't you?

We'll see how he fares as he actually starts to campaign against candidates who will expose his past and his policy history.

Three months before the election, Allen was one of the most widely discussed possible GOP nominees for '08. And he had a 33% point advantage over Webb.

According to the WaPost, "It wasn't that many months ago that Allen was seen by political insiders as already in the top tier of prospective Republican presidential candidates. In April 2005, he finished first in a National Journal magazine survey of insiders asked to predict the 2008 GOP nominee. In May, Allen finished second behind Arizona Sen. John McCain."

This long before the nomination, the political GOP insiders have more to do with picking nominees than the base does. For instance, in the fall of 1999, President Bush had locked up all the loose money and the endorsements of virtually every governor and state chairman. That's the poll that counted. That's the one Hillary is winning. That is, BTW, the one that Giuliani is trying to win with his fundraising.

Polls mean nothing more than name-recognition this far out from an election. If that's all Rudy's got besides his New York liberal politics, you'd better start praying 'cause the Muslims are gonna get you.