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5 GOP Frontrunners All Have Fighting Chance

Posted Dec 25, 07 12:53 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Just days before the primary polling starts, the GOP presidential race is so unsettled, there's a plausible scenario that gives any of the top four candidates—and even the trailing Fred Thompson—the nomination. Politico plays out what would have to happen for each of them to prevail. Romney needs Iowa; if he gets it, with New Hampshire a quick follow, he's on a roll.

Huckabee needs Iowa, too, to get a pass for New Hampshire, to carry him to the Southern primaries, where he'll be strong. Giuliani might just have the name recognition and the funds to fly without Iowa or NH, though it's never been done. McCain is back from the dead on the strength of improvement in Iraq, and Thompson, if he took third in Iowa, might just be able to hang on to battle Huckabee for the South.

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Republican Presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves his Manhattan apartment after spending the morning at home, Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 (AP Photo/David Karp)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, smiles as he listens to voters during a stop at Foodee's restaurant in Milford, N.H., Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopefull Sen. Fred Thompson smiles while speaking at a Friday Dec. 21, 2007, campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, Mike Huckabee, speaks to supporters, Saturday Dec 22, 2007 during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa.(AP Photo/Dave Weaver)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., meets with the Detroit Free Press editorial board in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007. McCain, rising in the polls as a Republican presidential...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopefuls former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, right, are seen before the Des Moines Register...   (Associated Press)
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