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Top Policy Dog Steers Rudy Right

Bill Simon hosts crash course to earn Giuliani conservative cred

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 26, 2007 9:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – Giuliani is going to "Simon University," where think tank types school him to be a hawk and a tax-cutter, the Washington Post reports. Bill Simon hosts, teaching Giuliani how to think conservative heartland instead of New York elite. Simon, Giuliani's policy director, "... Read full story »

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