Neocon Hawks Go All-Out For Giuliani

[Purveyor]

They are officially known as Rudy Giuliani's senior foreign policy advisory board, but they also could be dubbed something else: Neocons For Rudy.

As in neoconservatives, the Republican faction that many see as among the most potent forces of Bush-era Washington - a well-funded, sharply analytical bunch that provided the ideological basis for invading Iraq and is now training its cross hairs on Iran.

Many of its leaders now see Giuliani as the made-to-order candidate, or at least the best chance to perpetuate their influence, experts say.

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Giuliani's neocon roster includes Norman Podhoretz, a founding father of the movement; Charles Hill, a former foreign policy official for President Ronald Reagan and early backer of invading Iraq; Martin Kramer, an expert on Islam at Harvard University and staunch defender of Israel, and Daniel Pipes, director of the hawkish Middle East Forum.

Whether their embrace of Giuliani will turn out to be a good thing for the ex-mayor if he makes it to the general election remains to be seen. Some believe it could be more baggage than boost.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/16/2007-09-16_neocon_hawks_go_allout_for_giuliani.html

[The Count]

1. loonies gravitate to each other - by now, even most GOP-ers avoid this bunch

[OHdem10]

2. The most surprising thing to me re Guilliani has been

his foreign policy selections. After what we have been
through, what is he thinking??????

Out Bush Bush, and the public at least in polls are with him.

[The Count]

3. This is the guy booted out by the Iraq Study Group for poor attendance