Rudy Giuliani's continued good fortune was in evidence last night, as the AP reports Rudy is leading in a somewhat significant first test of strength: the Spartanburg County straw poll. In the final tally, he lost to Sen. John McCain by just two votes: 164-162.
Anonymous mailings critical of Mitt Romney on the eve of the Spartanburg poll have raised the specter of a long, nasty battle between now and the SC primary, reports the Columbia State. One of the pieces was a 6-page "attack on Romney's record on abortion, gun control, taxes and 'conservative values'" sent via mail 2/26 to several Spartanburg GOPers and postmarked Columbia.
A second piece, an e-mail from "upstaterepublican@gmail.com" took a shot "at Romney's faith." The e-mail is headlined: "Mitt Romney has a family secret he doesn't want you to know" and includes a copy of a recent AP story on "how Romney's ancestors practices polygamy".
Looks like the 2000 hatchet job on McCain all over again -- this time on Romney. Rudy will be the next target of this subterranean sleaze.
