Nixon Son-in-Law Weighs Challenge to Clinton in '06 (Hillary Alert)

NY Times ^ | 1/28/05 | MICHAEL SLACKMAN

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The prospects of a Kennedy-Cuomo clash ended when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he would not run against Andrew M. Cuomo for state attorney general. But now New Yorkers face the possibility of another clash of political families, this one pitting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton against Edward F. Cox, a son-in-law of President Richard M. Nixon.

Mr. Cox, who married Tricia Nixon in the Rose Garden when her father was president, has told friends and Republican Party insiders that he is considering running against Mrs. Clinton in 2006, they said.

Mr. Cox, 58, was busy making funeral arrangements for his mother, Anne, who died on Tuesday, and he referred questions to a friend who is his adviser. The friend, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Mr. Cox is out there "testing the waters."

The state Republican Party chairman, Stephen Minarik, said this week in an interview that his first choice would be to have former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani run against Mrs. Clinton. But with Mr. Giuliani showing no interest in the race, other names have begun to circulate, among them Mr. Cox's.

Democrats did not react to the possibility of a matchup with Mr. Cox. "We assume the Republicans will field an opponent and Senator Clinton will continue to focus on working hard for the people of New York," said Howard Wolfson, an adviser to Mrs. Clinton.

Mr. Cox, a partner in Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, a Manhattan law firm, has a long and varied career in public service, as well as prominent family ties on his side. His father was a well-known lawyer and his grandfather a judge.

As a young man, Mr. Cox, who was born in Suffolk County, developed a reputation for having hailed from the liberal arm of the Republican Party. He went to Princeton and Harvard Law School, wrote for The New Republic and worked for Ralph Nader.

Mr. Cox worked for President Nixon's re-election campaign and has helped raise money for Republican national campaigns, and in 1994 he was co-chairman of Dennis C. Vacco's successful bid for attorney general. Mr. Vacco lost to Eliot Spitzer four years later.

Mr. Cox is a founding director and former chairman of the Student/Sponsor Partnership for underprivileged urban high school students and is chairman of the State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and a member of the State Commission on Judicial Nomination, which recommends candidates for the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.

Mr. Cox, Tricia Nixon Cox and their son, Christopher, live in New York City.

[Lazamataz]

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[SevenofNine]

I wonder what ever happen to Halderman I think today i think he better judge by history back then he was a***hole

Now I think he be go down as good advisor or try be good advisor to Nixon

I wonder if Halderman have any family still alive that could defend his legacy that be something if he had somebody in his family run for political office

[SevenofNine]

Thank you Laz
Rack itt LOLOLOL

I was hope one of Freepers say we have Old Dick Nixon kick around LOLOLOL!

I got better idea does Halderman have any kin folks who wouldn't mind run for poltical office do they live in NY state LOL!

I am so evil LOL!