The final Gallup poll was 48-46...over the summer Rudy and Hillary were in a toss up...Hillary was rarely if ever over 50%
All of that is besidees the point...even lets say Rusy would have lost in NY to Hillary by 5, how would that translate nationally??? No one thinks Rudy beats Hillary in NY for Prez, but he would probably pick up ME, NH, CT, NJ...Even if you take Lazio's 46% and translate it nationally, even Lazio beats Hillary
Rudy would pick up Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania if he runs against Hillary.
Electoral Vote Tally would be:
Giuliani 337
Hillary 201