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Clearwater, FL — Rudy Giuliani is facing a major uphill climb as he conducts a last-ditch, one-day plane tour to five Florida cities Monday. The latest Quinnipiac poll shows that the former NYC mayor has lost 50 percent of his support in the last month in his must-win state and is now down nearly 20 points to both Mitt Romney and John McCain.

LIKELY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS

•                    1/28       1/14          12/20/07
• Giuliani       14          20                28
• Huckabee     13         19                 21
• McCain         32         22                 13
• Romney        31         19                  20

What makes the drop even more stunning is that it has taken place as the mayor dropped more than $6 million campaigning in Florida, put up nearly a dozen television ads and spent the last 20 days straight in the Sunshine State.

But, Giuliani often touts on the stump that he pulled off the “impossible” in New York, and told a Tampa audience in December, “I just don’t pray for miracles, I just don’t hope for miracles, I expect miracles.” On the first flight this morning from Orlando to Clearwater, I asked him whether he is holding true to his philosophy to always “underpromise and overdeliver,” by repeatedly stating that he will win Florida. Giuliani didn’t flinch. “We’re gonna deliver Florida,” he said. (video above)