It seems to me that the question is whether Rudy thinks that he is Hegelian, and I'd be that he doesn't (unless Hegel will get him elected, as he hopes those channelling Milton Friedman will do). Truth is, Rudy is "Jenny from the block", make no mistake about it. He's not going to have a Camelot with a great set of governmental intellectuals - they are to him likely to be either extravagances or people who do what they are told when running his Commissions.
In other words, his leadership is a la George W. Bush, if I can say that once again, in yet another context.
