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Giuliani team plays down importance of early win Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:45pm EST By Steve Holland reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign, trailing in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, said on Monday the path to the party's nomination may not necessarily go through those states. Although recognized as the Republican front-runner because he leads national polls, former New York Mayor Giuliani is behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in both Iowa and New Hampshire. Iowa on January 3 holds the first of the state-by-state battles to choose the Democratic and Republican candidates who will vie for the U.S. presidential election on November 4, 2008. A win in Iowa can generate momentum for the next state contest in New Hampshire, expected to be on January 8, and beyond. The Giuliani campaign is faced with explaining how he could lose the first two states, maybe even the first big three or four, and go on to win the Republican nomination. The belief in the Giuliani camp is that he will do well enough in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Michigan to survive until February 5, when 20 states vote, including big states in which he would be expected to do well, such as New York and California. "There are multiple paths to victory and everyone seems to be focused on the traditional path of winning the early states and then have the momentum throughout. What we see is the possibility of two paths," said Giuliani campaign manager Michael DuHaime. While the candidate who wins in Iowa will likely try to ride a surge of momentum into New Hampshire and beyond, DuHaime said he believes Giuliani is strong enough in other states that he is "momentum proof." The Romney campaign was not buying it. "That may be the most ridiculous spin on polling yet to emerge from the Giuliani campaign," said Romney spokesman Kevin Madden. "Polls are, at their very core, a snapshot in time." 12-POINT LEAD A New Hampshire poll released over the weekend gave Romney a 12-point lead there over Giuliani, 32 percent to 20 percent, with Arizona Sen. John McCain at 17 percent. McCain, whose campaign has struggled in recent months, hopes to stage a comeback in the New Hampshire primary, which he won in 2000. Romney has spent millions of dollars in television advertising in both states, and he has built a big lead in Iowa. The Giuliani camp said Giuliani is not conceding either state and indeed the Republican has been spending a lot of time in both recently. But this week he is clearly branching out beyond Iowa and New Hampshire, with plans to visit Missouri, California, Florida and even North Dakota and South Dakota in addition to a stop in Iowa. "I feel very good about where we are right now," said DuHaime. Some Republican experts believe Giuliani needs to win one of the first big three: Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina. "He's trying to defy political gravity by pledging that you can lose early contests and it won't affect your standing. It doesn't work that way," said Republican strategist Scott Reed. Reed also said Giuliani should be spending more time in those three states. "The most important resource any of these campaigns has now is time. He can't afford to waste time because you can't buy time. Strategic scheduling really matters," he said. (Editing by David Alexander and Mohammad Zargham) (To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at blogs.reuters.com © Reuters 2006. All rights reserved.