I’m so tired of Pataki and Rudy ‘mulling’ presidential runs. Either of the two might might have been of great value to the party if they had ever challenged Hillary or Gillibrand for the Senate. But I guess now, if they can’t be president, they don’t want to participate.
Neither is going to be president so they both might as well just retire and stop mulling presidential runs.
I think there are financial reasons behind these mullings.
I don't know the law exactly, but I believe that if you are considering a run you can begin to accept campaign donations. Then, after you opt out, you can convert the campaign money into personal money.
There's likely some more complicated (and accurate) way to explain it, but the bottom line is Pataki can be given money this way, and there's somebody who wants to give him money for some reason.
It's shenanigans all the way down.
Pataki is a joke....but udy..in the RCP average, he’s at 9.7%..equal to Paul, and he’s done nothing in the way of campaigning...weird, eh?