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January 08, 2008- New Hampshire Primary

Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee are in a battle for third in New Hampshire as in Real Life. However, late in the night, after all major news networks had signed of, Giuliani surpasses Huckabee by a few thousands votes. By the morning, the final results were the same as in Real Life, except 7,000 Voters decided to switch from Huckabee to Thompson at the last minute making Giuliani beat Huckabee for 3rd 20,395 to 19,768.

January 24, 2008 2008 Republican Florida Primary Debate

Rudy Giuliani gives a stunning and captivating performance at the 2008 Republican Debate in Florida. Unlike his opponents, who spent the night unwilling to attack for fear of ending up like the Democrats' South Carolina Debate, Giuliani ripped into the offensive and began critisizing Mitt Romney for his self-financed campaign and hit Huckabee for his unrelenting support for the President.

Post Debate polls showed Giuliani won the debate 37%- to Romney's 31%, McCain with 20%, HUckabee with 10%, and Paul with 2%.

January 29, 2008 Florida Republican Primary

As Results began to pour in from Florida, maajor networks are quick to report a 3-way race for first between Giuliani, Romney, and McCain. With 5% reporting from Miami-Dade, the most populous county, Giuliani took a quick lead beating McCain in the largely Hispanic County 41%-32% with Romney, Huckabee, and Paul trailing.

Giuliani began running up the numbers in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward Counties, crushing McCain and Romney by huge numbers in the areas.

As the Pan-Handle started to report, Giuliani's lead began to diminish but was still there.

With 100% reporting, the final results were Giuliani with 32%, Romney with 29%, McCain with 26%, 11% for Huckabee and 2% for Paul.

January 30, 2008 Super Tuesday Debate
Giulaini began going toe to toe with both Romney and Huckabee over issues ranging from Romney's campaign finances, to Huckabee's ridiculous "flat tax" which Giuliani debunked through his knowledge as mayor. By the end of the night, Giuliani and Romney had used their executive experience to ridicule Huckabee's flat tax, and public opinion towards Huckabee turned negative.

February 5, 2008 Super Tuesday[
The hotly contested Super Tuesday offered shocking results. At nights end, Giuliani had taken New York, New Jersey, and Illinois. McCain had taken Arizona, Oklahoma, and Connecticut. ROmney had taken Massachusetts, Montana, and Minnesota as well as North Dakota and Utah. Huckabee and won Alabama and Arkansas. Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Colorado, and California were still too close to call.

After a week of recounts, Giuliani had won California giving him a major victory, while McCain won Missouri and Romeny won Georgia and Tennessee, but was over shadowed by Giuliani who also took Colorado.

Giuliani then embarked on his way to handily secure the GOP Nomination.
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