Rudy and Judith Thank Reporters With Thoughts on January 29

ABC News’ Jan Simmonds reports:  Rudy Giuliani made another impromptu visit to his press bus today, thanking the reporters for joining them for stops throughout the east coast of Florida.

The former New York City mayor, with wife Judith behind him, walked up and down the aisle, shaking hands and thanking reporters, personally. 

"Thanks for being here, and thanks for everything," noted Mrs. Giuliani, in a rare engagement with the press.  "I’m sure it’s not easy for you guys, either."

After making small talk, WABC television’s Dave Evans asked the presidential candidate whether he thought early voting in Florida would help him.

“We believe so.  We have been campaigning here, you know, from the day early voting began,” said Giuliani.  “In fact, I think we started when the absentee voting was going on, so we were encouraging people to vote.  We tried to be in the critical places where we thought we would get the best votes, the best early votes, so, we’ll see.  We’ll see if that doesn’t help us.”

Down in the most recent polls in Florida, the campaign is hoping that their efforts to get people to the polls early will make the difference. 

Looking ahead, Giuliani was also asked what Florida means to his hopes for “Super Duper Tuesday” on Feb. 5.

“We’re not thinking about February 5th — we’re thinking about January 29th.  That’s our day, January 29th.  A big day, and we’re gonna win,” he said, remaining outwardly confident in these last hours.