Rudy Giuliani's tantalizing dips in Florida and New York polls have not deterred the position of the New York state Republican committee which is backing the former mayor. One GOP official said support for Giuliani remains "1000 percent" and that he can still pull out Florida on Jan. 26 and get that boost going into Super Tuesday on Feb. 5.
"There's still light at the end of the tunnel," the official said.
Assemb. Phil Boyle (R-I-C-Bay Shore), a backer of Sen. John McCain, said here in Albany that now that the numbers have grown encouraging "We'll put on a full court press to win New York State," he said -- and rallies, phone calls and literature distribution are expected.
McCain supporters may have a selling point they couldn't have imagined weeks ago -- that of the two candidates, McCain has the better chance of winning in November.
Dan Janison