Could Democrats use Giuliani's association with neoconservatives against him?

Question

Rudy Giuliani has recruited many neoconservative foreign policy advisers to his campaign, in fact his foreign policy team is made up mostly of neoconservatives, unlike the other GOP candidates who are distancing themselves from neoconservatives and neoconservative policies. The neoconservative movement seems to be rallying around Giuliani as their candidate.

Do you think the Democrats, Sen. Clinton or whoever, could use this as a major issue against Giuliani, saying after eight years of Bush and the Iraq war, do you want another President so influenced by neoconservatives? Or even a scare tactic, perhaps implying that a President Giuliani could lead to more wars, like Johnson used against Goldwater in 1964.

This issue could be very problematic to Giuliani in a general election campaign, as there is opposition to the war and neoconservative Bush policies it could create a general Democratic trend which could tilt key swing states toward Democrats.

Answer 1

When it comes down to politics and the presidency, I think its down right blood wash what the oppositions do to each other. It would not matter who it is, they would find something wrong to bash their heads in.
Whether it is Clinton whose husband cheated with Monica Lewinsky
or the whitewater scandal.
Wheter it is Barack Obama who is supposely Muslim
heck they find it. SO it's up to us citizen to make a wise choice.

Answer 2

A good question. Rudy's background is being a district attorney for the Federal Government in NY, and a good one too. Then he became a good mayor for NYC, even before 9-11 changing the idea of NYC from a "liberal disaster poster child city" to a successful and attractive city.

Unfortunately, there are not too many non-neoconservative Republicans who are foreign policy advisors. Moreover, this is not the time to decide to fight the tide and pick someone more to the center. Anyway, who he picks before the nomination is not all that important; he could always look for someone else. After all, when Dubya picked Condolezza Rice, it was not a lead-pipe sinch selection.

Answer 3

There are a lot of things Clinton can use against Giuliani, however, she's winning in the polls so... so far she doesn't see the necessity to start slinging the mud. It's early yet & I'm sure that when the time comes, she won't hesitate.

Answer 4

Most of the other candidates aren't distancing themselves from neo-conservatism. They are neo-conservatives. Look at how many of the candidates reference Reagan every 5 minutes. The only candidate up there that is definitely distancing himself from neo-conservatism is Ron Paul. He's a libertarian.

Answer 5

Absolutely, he is going down!