[Semper Paratus]

Does he think only RINO governors are qualified?

[billorites]

"NY GOV PATAKI WORKS BEHIND SCENES"

Apparently not.

[diabolicNYC]

Good:

It would probably kill his chances of becoming president
Get rid of the RINO in NY State


Bad: A bumbling idiot as homeland security chief

[eastsider]

Ping!

[oceanview]

a decent choice, considering the alternatives being floated. he is a dead duck as governor against Spitzer anyway. He could even hold this role for 2 years, and parlay it into a senate run against Hillary - because Rudy will not be running for Senate against her.

[elbucko]

I'd like to see G. Gordon Liddy as Homeland Security Secretary. Or a reasonable facsimile.

[B Knotts]

Is there anyone outside of New York who might be able to do this job?

[The Mayor]

Wonderful..

Ping!

[OldFriend]

UGH.....

[NittanyLion]

Joe Lieberman is looking more conservative every minute...hahaha.

[Clemenza]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1Old Pro]

Pataki's office is denying this.

[Gritty]

I can't believe the bench is this thin. It's not that Pataki would be that bad, it is just he would not be that good.

I vote for Jim Woolsey. He's a Democrat and it will p!$$ off the Clintons.

Let Pataki run for Hillary's seat. That's a threefer.

[rintense]

Great. /sarcasm

Nominate Ollie North.

[clyde260]

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No!

Not Even For Dog Catcher!

[Mo1]

WORKS BEHIND SCENES

What exactly does that mean ???

Hmmmmmm

And no .. he'd be terrible for the job too

[Travis McGee]

Great. An anti-2nd amd RINO.

[crushelits]

Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who heads the Senate committee that will take up the nomination, said two "terrific choices" would be Asa Hutchinson (search), the department's undersecretary for border and transportation security, and Sen. Joe Lieberman (search), D-Conn.

"Joe Lieberman is a terrific person and has the faith and confidence in everyone in the Senate and at the White House, quite frankly," said former White House political director Ron Kaufman.

But Steve Murphy, who served as the campaign manager for former presidential hopeful Dick Gephardt (search), said there could be political repercussions to tapping Lieberman. Even though the senator is a Democrat, members of his party might balk because Connecticut has a Republican governor who would be responsible for picking a replacement should Lieberman leave the Senate.

"I think what matters here is the next homeland security secretary … there shouldn't be any partisanship whatsoever in the choice," Murphy added. "Democrats and Republicans have got to join together to do the job as best we can."

Among the other names that had been circulating for the post before Kerik's selection on Dec. 3 were Joe Allbaugh (search), former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (search), and White House homeland security adviser Fran Townsend (search).

But it was still possible that the White House would break the search wide open again rather than return to the previous stable of top contenders, said a senior administration official. THIS FROM FOX NEWS story continues...

[Terpfen]

It figures. All the RINOs see SecHomeSec as a position which will cover up their liberalism in hopes of running for president some day.

Keep Pataki in NY. We need someone pro-border control at the post.

[wireman]

He's done such a great job in New York we should share him with the rest of the country!

NOT!