Wow, this is a surprising number: Hillary Clinton is not just beating Rudy Giuliani in his home state — and her adopted state — of New York, but is trouncing the former Mayor by over 20 points in a new poll. The survey, released today by Crain's New York Business, finds that Hillary is beating Rudy 53%-32%.

The poll has another eye-opening number, too — one that suggests New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has lots of work to do if he is serious about launching an Independent bid. It finds that if he were running as a third-party candidate against Hillary and Rudy, he'd languish in the single digits in New York, garnering a dismal seven percent of the vote. And if he can't get traction for his Presidential run in New York, where he's a popular Mayor, where could he find traction for it?