clipped from: www.suitablyflip.com   

As illustrated below, Romney still leads or ties in some of the aggregate metrics, including average finish and average vote share.  Even so, with Rudy apparently poised to endorse McCain, we'll now need to steel ourselves for a week of breahtless media coronations of John McCain as the undeniable frontrunner (and various derivative conclusions about the soul of the GOP, the legacy of the Bush administration, the future of partisan politics, the meaning of life, whether man is inherently good or evil, and other grandiose extrapolations based on 100,000 Floridian votes).


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I mentioned earlier, the national polling trends show Romney climbing swiftly and McCain falling almost as swiftly.  But the double-bump McCain will enjoy from the Florida win and the Giuliani endorsement could stop that dead in its tracks

Rudy supporters opt for Romney over McCain by 2:1 as their second choice.  But Giuliani throwing his weight squarely behind McCain could meaningfully alter the disposition of his refugees