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The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll shows that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) continues to hold an eight-point lead over Senator John McCain (R) in the race for the Republican nomination. Giuliani now earns 30% of the vote, up from 28% a week ago. John McCain (R) has support from 22% while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich remains in third at 12%. Former Massachusetts Mitt Romney is back in double digits at 10%. Another former Governor Mike Huckabee registers just 2% as does Senator Sam Brownback. Senator Chuck Hagel registers support from 1% of GOP voters.While McCain...

Questions remain about whether former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will follow through with a 2008 White House bid, but as he ramps up his Manhattan-based campaign, Hizzoner will also be getting a little help from some friends in Washington. GOP Reps. Peter King, N.Y., Vito Fossella, N.Y., and Pete Sessions, Texas, will head Hizzoner's Capitol Hill outreach efforts. King represents a Long Island district and Fossella holds a Staten Island-based seat. Both represent the kind of ethnically diverse, middle-class suburbs filled with voters who Giuliani backers think would warm to the former mayor's bid. The two have been allies of Giuliani...