A New Diageo/Hotline Poll is Very Good News for Giuliani

    A Diageo/Hotline from last week has a nugget with very good news for Rudy Giuliani. The poll showed him leading Fred Thompson by only a point -- 20%-19%. But with John McCain out of the race, almost all of the Arizona Senator's support went to Giuliani -- increasing his lead over Thompson to 15 points, 36%-21%.
    This could be due to the fact that Thompson is still relatively unknown. But it's more likely that Giuliani is the strong second choice of McCain voters. If so, and McCain can't come back, Giuliani remains in a very strong position.