[freespirited]

I agree, it’s hard to see Rudy voters going to Romney, but OTOH, I am not sure Rudy will drop out if he loses FL (which I expect him to do). He’s stubborn, so he might hang in through Super Tuesday.

[Kuksool]

If Giuliani does not drop out after the FL primary, then the morning headline on Feb 6th will be “Mitt Takes Manhattan” with Rudy and McCain splitting the "moderate" vote.

[codercpc]

I definitly think he will stick it out through Super Tuesday, because he has way too much invested in those states not too. But I also think that it will be probably futile for him if he can't win Florida. I am thinking they are holding out hope that the early voting favors him, since he was down there encouraging his voters while everyone else was still in the early states. I also think that tonights debate could turn things around if he does well. He had a strong support before, that I think his voters are just gun shy based on his poll numbers sinking. If he could renew that promise to them, they may change their minds back to him. I think they went to McCain because of his electability based on his primary performances, so they could go back before Tuesday.

I also think that the polls may be off based on the early voting (up to 40% may have already voted), so exit polls, and such will be very far off.