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McCain, Giuliani have similar plans; only Romney will go national

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 28, 2008 4:30 PM CST
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(Newser) – With Super Tuesday looming, Republican contenders are ironing out their strategies for what an adviser to John McCain calls "a de facto national primary," the Washington Post reports. McCain and Rudy Giuliani have overlapping plans in California and the Northeast, Mike Huckabee is crossing his fingers in the South, and only Mitt Romney looks financially ready to go national.

Huckabee's campaign chairman predicts that Romney "will pick and choose, McCain will pick and choose, and we'll go where we think we can win." Romney's advisors say they haven’t finalized an itinerary but will focus on Utah, Massachusetts, and Colorado. He and McCain won’t concede the Bible Belt to Huckabee: Both plan pushes in delegate-rich Georgia.

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, greets supporters at a campaign rally in Sanford, Fla. Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, greets supporters at a campaign rally in Sanford, Fla. Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reaches out to shake hands with supporters in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reaches out to shake hands with supporters in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters as he boards his campaign charter plane in West Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters as he boards his campaign charter plane in West Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, speaks to supporters at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.(AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, speaks to supporters at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.(AP Photo/Butch Dill)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a town hall style campaign event at the Scarlet O'Hara Theater in the Savannah Center in Lady Lake, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a town hall style campaign event at the Scarlet O'Hara Theater in the Savannah Center in Lady Lake, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008....   (Associated Press)
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