End of Rudy’s Florida strategy?

A bomb just dropped in the Presidential race. Rudy Giuliani was going to win the nomination by placing or showing in , but not winning, a bunch of early primary states. And then he was going to win in Florida. But a new Rasmussen poll, if verified with more polling, would explode that theory:

Rasmussen GOP Florida Primary

• Mike Huckabee 27% (9%)
• Mitt Romney 23% (19%)
• Rudy Giuliani 19% (27%)
• Fred Thompson 9% (16%)
• John McCain 6% (10%)
• Ron Paul 4% (5%)
• Some other candidate 2% (2%)

If he is in third and Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romney have momentum in other states, it is hard to see how Rudy wins Florida. It seems highly unlikely that 5 losses in a row would end in a Tsunami Tuesday victory.

The next 3 weeks are going to be very interesting.