U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani will announce to drop out the race and endorse his opponent John McCain as the party's White House candidate, CNN reported on Tuesday.
The report came following the former New York Mayor's lame performance in Florida primary, ending at the third place with 15 percent of the votes.
At a post-primary rally in Florida, Giuliani told supporters "The responsibility of leadership doesn't end with a single campaign, it goes on and you continue to fight for it."
When asked directly if he would drop out of the race, Giuliani said only "I'm going to California," one of the 22 states that will hold primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday" on Feb. 5.
Driven by a "big-state strategy," Giuliani concentrated his campaign fund and time on Florida primary, whose rule is "winner-take-all," and almost skipped other states that held earlier primaries and caucuses.
However, the once leading candidate in the national poll could hardly make it to the top two on Tuesday night, virtually indicating his strategy was failed.
CNN reports said that Giuliani campaign has met with McCain's team in private, talking about the possibility that the two long-term friends ally in the rest of race.
Source: Xinhua
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