Ex-N.Y. governor Pataki ‘seriously considering’ presidential run

[brooklynite]

Source: Boston Globe

Former New York governor George Pataki wrapped up two days of meetings with New Hampshire Republican activists on Monday and said he was encouraged by what he heard.

In an interview Pataki said he was “seriously considering” a run for president, but he has not set a timetable on when he will make a decision.

In the meetings, he said, his pitch was that he “successfully ran one of the largest and most complicated governments in the country — and in a blue state.”

How that makes Pataki stand out in what could be an extremely crowded field of Republican presidential candidates is another question.

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Apparently Donald Trump was busy...

[Agschmid]

1. Sure going to get interesting...

[Historic NY]

2. Another joke, please.

we never ever had a budget on time or w/o major deficits it became a joke.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. +1 - on the budget/deficits

But he could be very appealing to people in the some of the Northern Blue States.

I know everyone is chomping at the bit for a Cruz or Paul candidacy (easy pickings) - but the fact that Romney might be throwing his hat in the ring tells me their candidate is being 'selected' and they are picking the palatable.

Would be a huge contrast between Santorum/Cruz and Pataki in a debate - especially because of his dry acerbic wit and sarcasm.

[hlthe2b]

3. Seems that all the detritus is reemerging from the landfills...

One can only hope to see more of those gargantuan idiot-filled debates with each trying to "out-idiot" the others during primaries.

[merrily]

6. If the clown car isn't crowded with clowns, it's just not that funny.

Come to think of it, it's probably not that funny, no matter what.

So, when do you think Rick Santorum will announce?

[marmar]

4. America yawns.

[merrily]

7. Christie, Romney, Pataki

Seems as though at least one segment of Republican big money thinks the best shot the Republicans have at the Presidency is a former Governor of a Northeastern blue state. Or at least think having one in the mix would be a good thing for the Republican Party.

Except for the coast, that would be somewhat like the Reagan formula, but without the bit about the lovable Gipper whom GE brought into your family's living room every week--a former Governor of a state that usually goes blue in modern Presidential elections. And, during the 2008 primaries, when I was posting on a political board that welcomed posters of every persuasion, the Repubicans did push two things that supposedly qualified people to be President, namely, military experience and/or serving as Governor.

Governors are not interchangeable. Neither are elections.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Pataki is to charisma as...

Oh, well, forget it.