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And Reagan in their eyes was just such a cowboy. He was, after all, a right-winger from the West and they all had seen him playing a cowboy in the movies. They knew that anyone who rode a horse that well, shot a gun that well, and wore a Stetson titled so rakishly had to be a cowboy.

But they were wrong. Reagan just wasn't.

With Rudy Giuliani leading the polls, Mitt Romney's millions chopping at everyone's heels, and John McCain lurking in the background waiting for someone to falter so he can jaunt back into the spotlight, the former Senator from Tennessee can't afford to be seen wearing Gucci shoes at the Iowan State Fair.

One cannot help but think that Fred Thompson is wondering just at this moment where was his Lyn Nofziger when he decided to don those expensive Italian slippers.

Thomas Cheplick worked for Lyn Nofziger from 2004 to 2006.

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