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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Guiliani is making an effort to paint himself as economically conservative, which I think is somewhat accurate. However, him being solidly on the right is very questionable, I think. Additionally, I think his personal life edges into his social conservative appeal, and I wonder when that issue is going to start coming up. By Oct/Nov, I imagine.
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Yeah, it seems to me that even on the positions where he's conservative, he's just sort of typical for the party, but when he deviates, he deviates pretty far left for the party. As long as he was just running in New York, he was clearly pro-choice, pro- gay marriage, and pro- gun control, which don't seem to me to be typical Republican positions.
His conservative positions: military, homeland security, public school reform, for example are probably just hitting the center of the party.
And if you are inclined to regard personal life and indicative of general character, the less you know about Rudy the more you might like him.
Is the only reason that a Democrat would want to distance himself from the DLC be that he wanted to be seen more liberal than that? It seems to me that it's close association will Bill and Al might want to be something you didn't want to taint yourself with, rather than it's actual positions.
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