On the contrary, you can’t show me one poll where a Thompson or Huckabee beats Hillary in the key states, but I can show you plenty where the Republican vote in the “red” states is barely affected by a Romney or Guliani. Look at SurveyUSA’s recent head-to-head, statewide polls. (BTW, McCain does best of all, for what it’s worth).
The issue is one of divide and conquer.
All the fruitless candidates are sucking the potential for the top tier candidates to beat Giuliani.
Giuliani is defeat, he is the hillary clone.
We would not vote for hillary in the general election, there is no reason to vote for hillary in the GOP primary.
No Giuliani, NO PROBLEM.