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ALBANY - A majority of state Republican county leaders told Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro yesterday they want her to challenge Sen. Hillary Clinton next year. A letter signed by 46 of the GOP's 62 county chiefs urged Pirro to draw on "the passion and energy that has made you one of America's top prosecutors" to run against the former First Lady.

Pirro, who recently announced she would seek reelection and run for statewide office in 2006, suggested that the outpouring of support could lead her to make a decision soon. "Their support and friendship will be a critical factor in my decision, which out of respect for them, I now expect to make sooner rather than later," she said in a statement.

But the letter was a bitter pill for Republican Ed Cox, son-in-law of the late President Richard Nixon, who has already declared he is running against Clinton. ...

Rest of story: NY Daily News.

Connecticut's Sen. Joseph Lieberman obviously isn't worried about those leftward Democrats who think he's all but converted to the GOP.

Vice President Al Gore's former running mate shrugged off party politics the other night at a Waldorf gala when he introduced Republican Sen. John McCain as "the next President of the United States."

Lest anyone take him too seriously, Lieberman also introduced McCain at the Partnership for Public Service benefit as "the next chief rabbi of Israel." An appreciative McCain hailed his colleague as "the most honest person in the Senate."

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