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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton still lead in the 2008 race for the White House, but Fred Thompson and Sen. Barack Obama are major threats, according to a new poll.

A new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll shows Giuliani with 27 percent support, followed by Thompson at 21 percent. Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are a distant third and fourth.

"Thompson was able to resonate because the Republicans are not that thrilled with their candidates," said Susan Pinkus, the Los Angeles Times poll director.

Among Democrats, Clinton, is the front-runner, with 33 percent support, followed by Obama at 22 percent. Former Vice President Al Gore is third with 15 percent.

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  However, Obama is clearly the strongest general-election candidate. He is the only Democrat who beats all three major Republican contenders: Giuliani, McCain and Romney. Clinton runs behind all three Republican contenders in head-to-head match-ups.

The survey of 1,056 registered voters was conducted June 7 to 10 and has a margin of sampling error of 3 percentage points.

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