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Subscribe to RSSMANCHESTER, NH -- You can add another prominent Republican who’s thinking about a White House bid.
“I am definitely considering a run for president,” former New York Gov. George Pataki told reporters here.
Fresh off a trip to Iowa, Pataki was in the Granite State leading a discussion on the debt crisis at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm's College. (Organizers claimed it was scheduled long before the current debt impasse began producing headlines.)
"We are engaged in generational theft. Politicians in Washington are stealing from our children's future… This is not leadership,” Pataki told the group.
When asked about the current GOP presidential field's handling of the debt problem, Pataki seemed dissatisfied.
"A Republican has to make as part of their campaign how they're going deal with the deficit and debt issue,” he told NBC News. “We have to have solutions. So far, I haven’t heard that. I'm certainly looking to see if someone has that plan in the tone of their campaign.”
Then Pataki paused to reiterate that he is taking a closer look at the White House. “I’m seriously thinking about it."
Here in New Hampshire, Pataki is the honorary chairman of a group called No American Debt, which hosted today’s event. He joined state Senate President Peter Bragdon and House Speaker Bill O’Brien to answer questions from approximately 20 concerned citizens, business leaders, and one college student.
Pataki wasted no time in attacking President Obama’s positions on a broad range of issues including energy, jobs, taxes, and the subject du jour: the debt debate.
As for when he might declare a run for the White House, Pataki knows the clock is ticking.
"I don’t want to put a specific date on it, but I understand that sooner is better than not.”
Pataki said it would “be great” if Texas Gov. Rick Perry entered the presidential race, but he stated firmly that Perry’s move would not ultimately affect his own decision.
“I will be very involved in some way, whether it's as a candidate or supporting another candidate or some other capacity."
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Come one, come all.....the more the merrier.
I caught up with my butcher yesterday, he declared he's thinking about a run too... lol
The cess pool is getting pretty crowded...
Curiouser and curioser.
I'd say the Tea Party table is now pretty much set.
Where's that danged White Rabbit when you need him?
My neighbor Fred's gonna make a run.
Or was it his dog? Wait- let me check.....
So sorry folks but you've got this guy all wrong.
He is not even close to being a TPer.
He was a 12 year governor of NY....a very liberal state.... and that has to say a lot just by itself.
He is pro-choice, fiscally conservative and made some darned good choices for NY as governor.
If he runs...and re-gains some national recognition, he will be hated by the TP and Evangelical right.
Sort of kills his chances...
He's centrist and sane and reasonable and could easily run as a Democrat.
Two of my friends are running. Oh, actually they are running to get the popcorn.
Ira,
Unfortunately, to win nomination, he'll have to become a Teapublican.
Da Noid..
Fer sure...as I said...he will be hated by the right...
Ira
You make him sound just like the candidate conservative/baggers are looking for......lmao!
I know. But the joke didn't work otherwise.
Neither was John Huntsman, and you can't even recognize him now.
And look what they did to Newt.
If Pataki is serious, he may not be a Tea Partier now, but he will be.
[Pataki says he’s ‘considering’ WH run]
HOT DAMN!! If you think the Macy's 4th of July fireworks are spectacular, wait until all the dirt on this douchebag airs out...
Better put the kiddies to bed...'cause it ain't gonna be a pretty sight...
Anna Molly..
He is the only GOPer out there who can capture the centrist movement...what's left of it...in the GOP.
He even knocked the GOP handling of the debt crisis.
You're right...he has a snowballs chance in Texas.
Well at least he is a real member of the GOP for now... But he will sell out to the Tea Bags eventually. They all do.
Molly: "what they did to Newt"??? LOL! You mean the guy who was a member of Congress for 20 years, Speaker of the House for four, resigned in disgrace and who is running for President? THAT Newt ? You think "they" did something to him that he didn't do to himself? Is there an adult in America who doesn't know what he is and can make up their own mind about him??
Ira: There is no centrist in the GOP anymore. Ronald Reagan would be villified (rose taxes, travelled to 'the evil empire', EXPANDED the Federal Government, and took a pass on lecturing women on abortion.) Couldn't be elected dog catcher by his party today.
Oh, geez, one more GOPer to invade Iowa. Maybe that's why its so darn hot--there's so many of them spewing hot air. Think I'll skip the Iowa State Fair this year--it will be overrun with GOPers.
Newt is STILL in the news, just not how he would prefer. Seems Newt "Made In America" Gingrich is caught with his t-shirt up:
http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/07/gingrich-busted-with-campaign-t-shirt-made-in-el-salvador/
As an upstate New yorker (Albany) at the time. I have to say he wasn't one of my favorites. Yet, I have to agree with Ira. He, without a doubt, would be the sanest of the bunch. By today's Republican standards, he could easily run as a Democrat. And I'm a liberal!
The fact of no 'butter cows' alone would be enough to keep me home! ;o)
Would you believe some dim-witt wanted there to be a 'butter-Michael Jackson"?
Well, Michael was almost the right shade... lol
Perry is a joke, this guy may be a contender.
The GOP, is it a political party or a clown car? Never mind both parties are clown cars.
Why don't you run Feisty; you seem to have all of the one-line answers!
George Pa-tax-me? You're kidding? He pretty much passed every tax bill in New York State!
George is a RINO. The wrong would love him. That would be you too Fisty.
Is Nader running again?
I don't think so, but we in the Sneaky Buzzard Party are trying to get Pat Paulsen's son Monty to be our candidate.
What about that Spuds McKenzie kid?
After much heavy drinking and senseless violence (we in the Sneaky Buzzard Party resolve all of our disagreements with heavy drinking and senseless violence) we have developed our first policy plank:
Plank #1 - Children are our future.......they must be stopped!
Love the Sneaky Buzzard Party idea--good one Indy! Thanks for the humor--we are all getting a bit up tight!
George Pataki...because northeastern Republicans are held in such high regard by the Republican base. That votes. In the primaries.
Hell I believe I'll throw my hat in the ring to, where they going to find a stage big enough for all of them to debate, photographers will have to break out the fish eye lens to get them all in one frame, the primary ballot will have to unfold like a road map to get em all on there.
Wow ... did this come out of left field
Don't like to cite polls but the President's weakness in all the recent polls could be the reason.
Maybe he should have waited until October 2012 before sending in Seal Team 6.
Alan.....even you can do better than this. Really???
Spoken like a true cynic.
That would be more like John "I know where he is and how to find him and if you just vote for me, I'll tell you" McCain.
Are you SURE you're not a Republican?
@AM
Not a Republican but I'm definitely a member of the cynics / skeptics. Didn't vote for Bush, didn't vote for Obama (although in NJ that's not saying much). Waiting for the first Atheist / Agnostic candidate. (So can take me out of the Perry/Pawlenty/Bachmann/InSantorum column).
@GM
I may be a cynic but I do know Shrub wouldn't have got a second term but for 9/11.
Dont agree Alan....it was the Swiftboaters and the shenanigans by Ken Blackwell and the Ohio Republican party who made the difference.......money and apparently voter fraud win out everytime.
I often wonder as the GOP/TP are so concerned with voter fraud they are tying themselves in knots these days to do everything to make it harder for certain segments of the population to vote. Would that be because they practise all those things they say others do? Just a wonderin'.
Is Lyndon LaRouche still alive?
Harold Stassen in yet?
Mike Gravel? He's in!
Mike Gravel would be cool, maybe he could do a couple more tabs of acid and chuck that rock in the pond again.
Tommy Thompson is just waiting on God to call.
Lyndon LaRouche! Now that guy would have to be the first Tea Bag!
What's interesting is someone has to be telling all these losers they actually have a shot at winning, do you think their buddies all tell them they have a chance then get together somewhere and have a good laugh about how narcissistic the candidates are? Hey man I actually got that rube puketalky to think he had a chance to win the nomination, what a dolt.
Pat Paulsen?
http://www.paulsen.com/pat/
Pataki is yesterday's news; but, at least he's not 'bats*#t' crazy like the rest of them.
In other words, he'll never make it out of the gate! ;o)
I'm sorry, I don't recall the name.
Bob Dole is considering another run as well.
Bob Dole is going to team up with 'Boner-Booster' spokesperson Rush Screwbaugh. (Mark Martin is going to drive the limo...)
I wouldn't count old Dole out, now that he gets free Viagra he has stated "I can rise to the occasion for sure".
Ross Perot....... is he still alive.... does not matter he can still take the repubs
Truth be known if Ross would have been elected we would not be in the piss poor shape we are now, if you recall what he said, he had it figured out but no one would listen.
No one really wants to here the truth, they can't handle the truth.
Before Perot imploded, I do recall him saying that you cannot continue to finance something as big as the United States with short term budgets and loans; that we should be talking in at least 10 year plans. Doesn't sound so crazy to me.
Sb1, The government is really no different than any big business it has the same issues, employees, loans, profits and losses. All big business's have multi year plans and goals which is why he was successful in business, plus he cared about his employees. We need someone to come along and speak truth even though we do not really want to here it. We still need to hear it, its been to long since we last heard it.
well actually no, the government is not like a big business at all, and that misstake is why we're in the mess we're in. George Bush tried that one too, remember? Just let the market take care of everything, remove all regulation, increase spending, declare two wars on top of that, and promise people they don't have to pay for any of it. That was about as successful as his other business careers.
Wrong. Bush didn't run the country like a business. Businesses can't run on deficits. There is nothing Bush did that Obama hasn't taken to the extreme.
So here is the list of Republican/Tea-baggers villains running for office;
Simon Bar Sinister, Cad Lackey, Riff Raff, Mooch, Spinny Wheels, Witch Doctor, Marblehead, Molemen, Overcat, Slippery Eel , and Wicked Witch of Pickyoon!
Wasn't Pataki the firstbaseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers from '47-'49?
Alright, I've waited long enough...now it's my turn to announce that I too am considering a run for President of the United States!
Fancy---first you have to form an exploratory committee, then announce that you are considering running, then raise some money, THEN you get to call a press conference to say you are running. Please follow the proper protocol.
LoL Steeler -- but you left out the part about announcing during a televised national debate that you have scheduled a press conference to announce that you are running.
Thanks for the clarification, AM. Not sure at what point Fancy's entire campaign staff has to resign--we must factor that in as well.
Fancythat--I'll vote for you. Whatever you stand for, it can't be worse than what's out there!
Could anyone be more clueless about his national standing than George Pataki?
Why does it matter how many people are running? It will come down to Obama vs. the GOP nominee.
Go USA
Spoil sport
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One thing about it ..we sure need someone ..one we got has failed big time.
He had a lot of help or lack of it from party of NO. As boner said you can't do the job alone.
Bush? Yeah we did didn't he. Going to take another whole term to clean up this mess.
When the republican pool is this shallow, no one's afraid of jumping in. The republicans look at who is running, quickly come to the conclusion that the other candidates don't have a chance of winning the presidency, and jump right in; so far they are all correct, none of them have a chance of winning.
Ross definitely had it all figured out. Thats why he never stood a chance. Politics be politics (all are crooks or else they'd never have made it!)
Mad---I think you have it exactly---they probably can't believe that anyone in the field would be as qualified as they are (which is true for some of them) and that sooner or later the electorate will wake up (we can pray for that).
Yeah, another hypocrit....our former Governor who was a big deficit spender.
What a freaking zoo, everybody think they have a chance to be president because they think they may have a chance to beat the black man in the whitehouse, underestimators of smart and guile, they will find out real soon in 2012.
Everybody wants to run against Obama. I wonder why that is ..............
H Lang got it, nobody willing to say it, but we just can't have no blackman in the white house no matter what, it just ain't right and all. Besides he is just to smart and wants to make the white man a slave, you know like Hitler did and all. So this is what it looks like inside the cave. Nice finger painting.
It's because they believe their own bulls#!t.