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President 2008 Watch: Pirro to Stay in Race Against Hillary

The ASSociated Press has Pirro Says She’ll Challenge Sen. Clinton

Jeanine Pirro said Friday she is staying in the race against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, despite pressure from some top Republicans that she abandon her struggling campaign.

“I said from the beginning I am running for the United States Senate. I am a candidate for the United States Senate,” Pirro said after emerging from a two-hour meeting with Gov. George Pataki in Manhattan. She said her meeting went well but did not detail the discussion.

The REAL question is why she does not run for State Attorney General? Hillary will either be elected to the Presidency or retire from the Senate – so why not be the AG? And, then run for Governor of New York?

Speculation that Pirro might quit the race has been running through New York political circles since Tuesday when state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, the Legislature’s top Republican, said she should give up her Senate bid and run instead for state attorney general.

The Pirro campaign has struggled since it began on Aug. 8 and has had trouble raising money. The state Conservative Party has balked at her support for abortion and gay rights. No Republican running statewide in New York has won without Conservative Party backing since 1974.

Clinton already had almost $14 million in her campaign account by the end of September and polls have shown her far ahead of Pirro and other potential GOP challengers.

Dianne Feinstein, the long time Democrat Senator from California will also have token Republican opposition in the Fall of 2006.

The power of the Senate incumbency and the cost of big state media/television campaigns freezes out candidates who cannot self-fund to the tune of at least $ 5 million.

Stay tuned…….

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