Giulaini Counts Delegates, Sees Trouble for Romney

ABC News’ Tahman Bradley Reports: Rudy Giuliani shot back at his rival former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., today for arguing that the former New York mayor is not the powerhouse he once was because he placed in the bottom tier of Republican candidates in the Iowa caucuses and may finish no better than third in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

Speaking at a press availability in Nashua, New Hampshire, Giuliani suggested Romney’s campaign has run into a ditch after finishing a disappointing second in Iowa.

"Where we are now is not unexpected to us. It may be in Mitt’s case. I don’t know, he has to speak for…maybe where he is is unexpected for him," said Giuliani.

Romney is tied with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in New Hampshire according to a new WMUR/CNN poll – and a loss to McCain in New Hampshire would be a serious blow to Romney’s long-standing strategy of using victories in early states to propel him to the GOP nomination.

As for Giuliani, he continued to defy conventional primary strategy pointing to a plan to win delegate rich states like Florida, which votes on Jan 29, and Feb 5 states.  "We"re ahead in something like 16 or 18 of the 28 primaries that are coming up, our strategy has always been that we have to be a proportionate candidate," he said. "Romney’s strategy had been more to emphasize two states. Our strategy has been more to give proportionate emphasis on a number of states. So, nobody know if his strategy is going to work or if our strategy is going to work. But at this point our strategy looks as if it has a good chance of working."