The New York Post reports that Republican and former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato, has "opened the door to endorsing New York's Eliot Spitzer for governor." D'Amato called Democrat Spitzer "a great attorney general" who has done "a terrific job" cracking down on Wall Street abuses.
According to the Post, D'Amato remains close to Pataki and said he would back the governor if, as few senior Republicans now believe likely, he runs for a fourth term in 2006.
But of course Pataki is being coy, refusing to rule out running for president, the U.S. Senate or for another term as governor.
Hey, if Rudy Guliani could cross party lines to endorse Democrat Mario Cuomo over Pataki, why can't D'Amato endorse Spitzer?
New York politics makes my little head hurt.
Posted by: Eaglespeak | Monday, January 17, 2005 at 10:38 PM