In Texas, the home state of President Bush, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton by eleven percentage points, 50% to 39% (see crosstabs).

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Arizona Senator John McCain also enjoying a double digit lead over the former First Lady, 50% to 39%.

It’s a bit closer with former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson in the mix, but Thompson leads Clinton 47% to 41%. However, Clinton does manage a statistically insignificant one point lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. It's Clinton 43% Romney 42%.

Most Texans favor tougher action against illegal immigrants. Seventy-five percent (75%) think cops should routinely check the immigration status of anyone they pull over for a traffic violation. Two thirds (66%) say illegal immigrants thus discovered should be deported. Just 32% believe that such routine checking will encourage discrimination based on name, accent, or skin color.

Forty-three percent (43%) of Texas voters say that President Bush is doing a good or excellent job. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say he is doing a poor job.

Forty-one percent (41%) of Texas voters say that Governor Rick Perry is doing a good or excellent job while 30% rate his performance as poor. Governor Perry won reelection last year with less than 40% of the vote, in a field unusually crowded for a general election. Apparently he isn't yet rehabilitated in the eyes of voters. Indeed, a plurality of 43% say they'd be less likely to vote for a Republican presidential ticket if Perry were the pick for VP.

Forty-nine percent (49%) say that Kay Bailey Hutchinson should run for Perry's job once she leaves the U.S. Senate.

On the question of the death penalty, in the news recently because of pending Supreme Court case on whether lethal injections constitute "cruel and unusual punishment," just 27% say the state should halt executions until the high court has ruled on the case.

The survey was conducted in partnership with Fox Television Stations, Inc.

See survey questions and top-line results. Crosstabs available for Premium Members only.