GOP Contender Rudy Giuliani

Aired: Monday, May 07, 2007 11-12PM ET

By host Tom Ashbrook:Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, self-styled "America's Mayor" after the attacks of 9/11, will not be out-gunned on the national toughness front.At South Carolina's conservative military academy The Citadel over the weekend, Giuliani said he wants to boost the size of the US Army even more than President Bush.And on that tough talk, Rudy is leading. Leading McCain. Leading Romney. Leading Hillary Clinton in the latest polls on the '08 race for the White House. Can it last?This hour On Point: a look at the mercurial one-time mayor who would be president, Rudy Giuliani.

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Captain Mark

First Quarter Grades for GOP

For the GOP, in recent national opinion polls, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani averages 35 percent support, an A+. Sen. John McCain's 19 percent gets him a B. At 9 percent each, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are C's. All of the other declared candidates are lower than that. Former Sen. Fred Thompson's poll numbers are running anywhere from 10 percent, a C+, to 17 percent, a solid B. We need a few more polls with Thompson in the mix to get a firmer fix on his score.

In polls limited to Iowa, McCain and Giuliani each get a B+, and Romney earns a C+; in New Hampshire, McCain pulls an A, and Giuliani and Romney both get a B+. Finally, in terms of first-quarter campaign contributions, Romney leads with a B+. Giuliani gets a B, and McCain gets a C+.

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Captain Mark