HILL FADES VS. TWO TOP GOP RIVALS

    A new poll has both of the top Republican presidential candidates besting Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 White House race - and in a virtual tie with Barack Obama.

    Rudy Giuliani garnered 50 percent of the votes when pitted against New York's senator, according to the Time magazine poll, conducted by SRBI Public Affairs.

    Clinton got only 41 percent.

    Against Obama, Giuliani racked up 45 percent to Obama's 44 percent.

    The poll's margin of error is 3 percentage points.

    Sen. John McCain of Arizona also beat the former first lady. He picked up 48 percent of the votes, compared to Clinton's 42 percent, when going head-to-head.

    When matched against the Illinois senator, McCain scored 45 percent of the votes. Obama had 43 percent.

    The March 26 survey quizzed more than 1,000 registered voters by telephone.