Edward Cox (Nixon Son in Law) to Face off with Hillary?

Preparing for a possible 2006 U.S. Senate run against Hillary Clinton, New York attorney, Edward Cox, husband of former President Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia, has formed an exploratory committee that includes Henry Kissinger and other GOP elders.

The New York lawyer also accused Clinton of being “more concerned about the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire” than the needs of New Yorkers.

“She parachuted into New York solely for the reason of running for the Senate and now she’s running for the presidency,” said Cox. “How can she focus on the problems of New York when she’s really thinking of running for the presidency?”

The exploratory committee includes Kissinger, Nixon’s national security adviser and secretary of state; Theodore Roosevelt IV, former chairman of the League of Conservation Voters and a managing director at Lehman Brothers; and William H. Taft, a former ambassador to NATO and legal adviser to the State Department.

A little competition for Hillary might provide an opening (albeit a small one) for Bayh or Biden. At the very least it might dilute her campaign cash.

Stay tuned.